Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault

General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, CMM, CD (born Gaspé, Quebec, Canada on June 5, 1932 – died October 13, 1998 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1983 and 1986.

Military service
Thériault graduated from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University). He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951. He moved to the Collège Militaire Royal (CMR), St-Jean, Qué, now Royal Military College Saint-Jean and served as Vice-Commandant from 1967 to 1970. Promoted to Colonel, he became commandant of the CMR in 1970. He was a proponent of the unification of the military of Canada. He became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1980 and Chief of the Defence Staff in 1983 before retiring in 1986. He was President of AEG Canada Inc. until 1995.