William Higgitt
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William Leonard Higgitt (10 November 1917 – 2 April 1989) was the 15th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from 1969 to 1973 and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 1972 to 1976. His background in intelligence and counterintelligence, during World War II and afterward, made him the preferred choice as RCMP Commissioner during the height of the Cold War. Higgitt also directed national security operations during the October Crisis of 1970, when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross; events which saw Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoke the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history during peacetime. As Commissioner, Hi
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William Higgitt
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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1917-11-10
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1976
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1973-12-28
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1972
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1969-10-01
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1917-11-10
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Higgitt and Queen Elizabeth II at the RCMP Centennial Celebrations, Regina, 1973
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President of INTERPOL
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1969
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William Leonard Higgitt (10 November 1917 – 2 April 1989) was the 15th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from 1969 to 1973 and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 1972 to 1976. His background in intelligence and counterintelligence, during World War II and afterward, made him the preferred choice as RCMP Commissioner during the height of the Cold War. Higgitt also directed national security operations during the October Crisis of 1970, when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross; events which saw Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoke the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history during peacetime. As Commissioner, Higgitt also presided over the RCMP centenary.
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