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Georges Philias Vanier PC DSO MC (* 23. April 1888 in Montreal; † 5. März 1967 in Ottawa) war ein kanadischer Generalmajor, Diplomat sowie der erste französischsprechende Kanadier im Amt des Generalgouverneurs von Kanada . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Biografie. 1.1 Generalmajor und Diplomat. 1.2 Generalgouverneur Kanadas. 2 Nationale Würdigung.
Georges-Philias Vanier PC DSO MC CD (23 April 1888 – 5 March 1967) was a Canadian military officer and diplomat who served as governor general of Canada, the first Quebecer and second Canadian-born person to hold the position.
15. Jan. 2008 · Georges-Philéas Vanier, PC, governor general of Canada 1959-67, soldier, diplomat, (born 23 April 1888 in Montreal; died 5 March 1967 in Ottawa). Vanier was the first French Canadian to serve as governor general. As a diplomat, he and his wife helped many Europeans displaced by the Second World War. A devout Christian, he urged love ...
Georges Vanier received several honours while he served as Governor General -- he was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1942 and appointed by the Queen to the Imperial Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1963. He also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto.
Georges Vanier, né le 23 avril 1888 à Montréal ( Québec) et mort le 5 mars 1967 à Ottawa ( Ontario ), est un militaire, diplomate et homme d'État canadien, 19e gouverneur général du Canada, en fonction de 1959 à 1967 . Biographie. Enfance et années d'études.
Vanier was named Ambassador to France in 1938, where he urged Cabinet to open its doors to refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Evacuated to London in 1940, Vanier established formal diplomatic relations with many of the European governments in exile. Born in Montreal in 1888, Vanier studied law at Laval University. During the First World War, he ...
Georges Phileas Vanier was born in Montreal in 1888, the son of a French Norman father and an Irish mother. He grew up bilingual, earning a degree in church devotional fellowship, and began a lifelong habit of daily communion. He contemplated entering the priesthood, but when the First World War broke out he felt that his immediate duty was to his country. He took a leading role in recruiting ...
