Théodore Jean Arcand

Théodore Jean "Ted" Arcand (25 June 1934 – 16 April 2005) was a Canadian diplomat. He was Canada's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Hungary, and the Holy See.

Early life and career

Théodore Jean Arcand was born on 25 June 1934 in the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada. He attended Université Laval in Quebec City from 1955 to 1956, then McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1957. For this reason, the embassy played an important role in receiving information from the Palestine Liberation Organization and sharing it with other Western nations, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France and West Germany.

In 1982 and 1983, Arcand was Canadian ambassador to Hungary. Arcand died on 16 April 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 70.

Personal life

Arcand was married to Jennifer Marjorie Garner-Ashmore. They had a son, Jean-Louis.

A polyglot, Arcand had studied Czech, Danish, Swahili, Italian, Arabic, and Hungarian.