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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 · Governor General. In August 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Michaëlle Jean's appointment as governor general, news that sparked controversy. A Québec sovereigntist publication suggested that Jean and her husband had supported the separatist cause in that province.
Michaëlle Jean ( /mi.ka.ɛl ʒɑ̃/ ), née le 6 septembre 1957 à Port-au-Prince ( Haïti) 1, est une femme d'État, diplomate, animatrice de télévision et journaliste canadienne. De septembre 2005 à septembre 2010, elle est la vingt-septième gouverneure générale du Canada, la troisième femme à occuper ce poste après Jeanne Sauvé et Adrienne Clarkson.
Sep 30, 2010 · Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean is profiled, from her birth in Haiti to the end of her appointment as the Queen's representative in Canada.
In 2005, Michaëlle Jean became the Governor General of Canada. A dedicated journalist and citizen of the world, she devoted her mandate to youth, women, Indigenous people, and culture, promoting social change and international diplomacy.
Michaelle Jean, 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).
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.
