Gérald Larose

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Gérald Larose (born October 24, 1945) is a Canadian activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. Between 2003 and 2013, he was president of the Organisations unies pour l'indépendance, a Quebec independence organization. He was succeeded by Gilbert Paquette.{{Cite news |date=2013-01-12 |title=Gilbert Paquette élu président du Conseil de la souveraineté |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201301/12/01-4610804-gilbert-paquette-elu-president-du-conseil-de-la-souverainete.php |access-date=2025-01-07 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA}}

Larose defended Jacques Godbout's novel Une histoire américaine in Le Combat des livres, the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on the radio of Société Radio-Canada in 2004. He was awarded the title of Patriote de l'année ("Patriot of the Year") by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 1996.