Jacqueline Rougé

Honorary President of Religions for Peace. Mme Rougé was born in Marseille, France on 31 January 1931.

From 1953 to 1960, she was a personal assistant to President Robert Schuman of France, “the Father of Europe”. She has had diplomatic activities in foreign countries and cities: New York, Manila, Tokyo.

From 1980 to 1986, shea was Vice-President of Pax Christi International, the Roman Catholic Movement for Peace, she sat on the Board of the French Chapter of Pax Christi and represented Pax Christi at UNESCO.

In 1980 she was one of the founders and the first chairperson of the French Chapter of the World Conference for Religion and Peace.

In 1984 she became one of nine Presidents of WCRP, elected to fill the seat reserved for a Roman Catholic and Western European. She held this position until 1994 when she was elected Honorary President.

Since 1995 she has been a member of the board of WCRP France and acted as permanent representative of WCRP International at UNESCO. She contributed to the creation of the European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) and continues as an adviser to that Council.

Jacqueline Rougé is a member of the board of the Robert Schuman Institute for Europe.

From 1996 to 2001 she chaired the International Catholic Center for UNESCO.

She is married to Michel Rougé, a French diplomat specializing in international economic and financial affairs.