Léo Cadieux
Léo Alphonse Joseph Cadieux PC OC (born May 28, 1908 in Saint-Jérôme , Québec , † May 11, 2005 ) was a Canadian journalist , publisher , ambassador and politician of the Liberal Party .
Life
After attending school, Cadieux studied economics and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.). He then worked as a journalist and worked during the Second World War from 1941 to 1944 co-director for public relations of the armed forces before he 1944 war correspondent for the in Montreal published daily newspaper La Presse was. After the Second World War he was again active as a journalist and publisher and in 1948 briefly mayor of Saint-Antoine des Laurentides, a small town in Québec.
As a candidate of the Liberal Party, he was elected for the first time as a member of the lower house in the election of June 18, 1962 and belonged to it as a representative of the Terrebonne constituency and, after the election of June 25, 1968, of the Labelle constituency until his resignation on October 5 1970 on.
After he was Assistant Minister for National Defense from February 1965 to September 1967, he was appointed Minister for National Defense in the 19th Cabinet by Prime Minister Lester Pearson in September 1967 and also belonged to the 20th Federal Government headed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau until 16 September 1970. During his tenure, after a realignment of Canadian defense policy , the number of troops sent to Europe was reduced from 10,000 to 5,000 soldiers and the commitment to troop reinforcements within the framework of NATO was ended . In debates about the government's position on the so-called balance of horror , Cadieux argued in support of this MAD doctrine . Finally, during his tenure, the Canadian Emergency Measures Organization, the national agency for civil defense, was reorganized .
Cadieux resigned his ministerial office and his parliamentary mandate after he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France on July 24, 1970 and held this post until 1975. For his services as Minister and Ambassador, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cadieux, Léo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cadieux, Léo Alphonse Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician and ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Jérôme , Quebec |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2005 |