Question: Facts:   - profession: lawyer , politician , government minister , school administrator    - imagesize: 123px    - birth name: allan michael rock    - order: 52nd    - successor: john stephen andrew lamek mcnee borys wrzesnewskyj anne mclellan anne mclellan paul    - party: liberal    - predecessor: paul macdonald spence heinbecker michael wilson pierre blais david dingwall james    - office: member justice minister of health treasurer of the law society of of upper canada canadian parliament for etobicoke centre minister of    - country: the united nations    - primeminister: jean chrétien jean chrétien    - term end: 2006 2002 1993 2004 june 10 , 1997 january 14 ,      - term start: 2004 1997 1992 1993 november 4 , 1993 june 11 ,    - birth date: 30 august 1947    - image: allan-rock-wlkc . jpg    - birth place: ottawa , ontario , canada    - ambassador from: canadian   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of allan rock .
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allan michael rock , pc -lrb- born august 30 , 1947 -rrb- is a lawyer , former canadian politician , diplomat and now the president of university of ottawa .he was canada 's ambassador to the united nations -lrb- 2004 -- 2006 -rrb- and had previously served in the cabinet of jean chrétien , most notably as justice minister -lrb- 1993 -- 1997 -rrb- and health minister -lrb- 1997 -- 2002 -rrb- .rock was appointed president and vice-chancellor of the university of ottawa by the board of governors of the university on june 3 , 2008 .his term as the president of university of ottawa began on july 15 , 2008 .