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Michaëlle Jean PC CC CMM CD FRCPSC ( hon) ( French: [mi.ka.ɛl ʒɑ̃]; born September 6, 1957) is a Canadian former journalist who served from 2005 to 2010 as governor general of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation. She is the first Haitian Canadian and black person to hold this office.
Nov 15, 2010 · Michaëlle Jean. Michaëlle Jean, social activist, journalist, documentary filmmaker, governor general of Canada 2005–2010, secretary general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie 2014–2019 (born 6 September 1957 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti). The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada from 2005 to 2010.
Michaëlle Jean (born September 6, 1957, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Canadian journalist and documentarian who was Canada’s 27th governor-general (2005–10) and the first person of African heritage to hold that post. She later became the first woman to serve as secretary-general of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (2015–19).
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Official site of the the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean Twenty-seventh Governor General of Canada (2005-2010) Unesco Special Envoy for Haiti (2010-2014) Third Secretary General of La Francophonie (2014-2018) and her husband, M. Jean-Daniel Lafond
Governor General’s farewell message. As my mandate as governor general and commander-in-chief of Canada draws to a close, I have only one wish, and that is to say THANK YOU. Michaëlle Jean was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1968, fleeing the dictatorial regime of the time.
Michaëlle Jean. Site officiel de la très honorable Michaëlle Jean et de son époux, M. Jean-Daniel Lafond. Official site of the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jeanand her husband, Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond.
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Co-Founder. On a cold winter night in February 1968, a little Haitian girl saw snow for the very first time. Along with her family, she had finally escaped the brutal dictatorship of François Duvalier, arriving in Canada as a refugee. At just 10 years old, that little girl would fight to rebuild herself in a strange new land of ice and snow, a ...
