Jean-Louis Roy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jean-Louis Roy

Canadian journalist, diplomat, human rights activist and historian

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Normandin, Quebec, Canada

Profession: diplomat, historian, human rights activist, journalist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jean-Louis Roy (born February 1941 in Normandin, Quebec) is a Canadian historian, journalist and diplomat.
He was editor of Le Devoir from 1980 to 1986, the government of Quebec's delegate-general to Paris as well as the province's international delegate for francophone affairs from 1986 to 1989, and the first and only Secretary-General of the Agence de coopération culturelle et technique from 1989 to 1997 when the organization was succeeded by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie.
He was president of the agency Rights & Democracy from 2002 to 2007.Roy is President of Partenariat International and is a Visiting Researcher at the Centre de recherche en Droit Public de l’Université de Montréal, and president of the Board of Directors for the Centre de la francophonie des Amériques.
He was previously director of the Centre for French-Canadian Studies at McGill University from 1971 to 1981.