Allan Rock (born August 30, 1947, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He is currently Canada's ambassador to the United Nations.
Rock studied for a B.A. and an LL.B. at the University of Ottawa and began his career as a trial lawyer.
As a student leader in 1970 he met John Lennon and drove him around Ottawa while Rock was hosting him for a "peace conference" he was holding. He had invited Lennon to Ottawa after his famous "bed-in" in Montreal. He tried to introduce Lennon to Pierre Trudeau, but the prime minister was not at home when they dropped by.
In 2002 Rock became the Minister of Industry for Canada following five years in the post of Minister of Health. Prior to this he was the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Rock intially declared he would run in the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race to replace the retiring Jean Chrétien, but he later dropped out. On December 12, 2003, he became Canada's ambassador to the United Nations.
As Canada's ambassador to the UN Rock spoke to the UN General Assembly on April 13, 2004, encouraging participation of the member nations of the United Nations on the matter of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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