See also: Paul Rose (UK politician)

Paul Rose, born October 16, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a political scientist and a trade unionist. He was the leader of the Chenier cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec terrorist group (FLQ).

In 1970, Paul Rose's Chenier cell of the terrorism group kidnapped and murdered Quebec Labour Minister, Pierre Laporte, beginning the October Crisis. Before the end of 1970, 23 members of the FLQ were in jail, including four convicted murderers, and one member had been killed by his own bomb.

Paul Rose's involvement in the Quebec nationalist group began in 1968 after meeting Jacques Lanctôt, a member of the FLQ, during an rally against Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste parade.

The Chenier Cell of the FLQ terrorist group consisted of Paul Rose, his brother, Jacques Rose, Bernard Lortie; and Francis Simard.

On March 31, 1971, Paul Rose was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Pierre Laporte. He was granted full parole on December 20, 1982 and today still lives in the province of Quebec, advocating its separation from Canada.

In 1992, Rose was elected leader of the Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec. This led to the Quebec party's splitting from the national New Democratic Party. The Quebec NDP became the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in 1995.

He currently works for the CSN House of Labour and contributes to the monthly l'aut'journal.

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