Category: Governor General

Michaelle Jean
Michaelle Jean


Michaëlle Jean served as the 27th governor general of Canada from September 2005 to October 2010. Jean was Canada's first governor general of Caribbean origin and the third woman to serve in this position. In January 2015, she assumed office as the secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the first woman to hold that position. Jean was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1968, fleeing the dictatorial regime of the time. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Italian and Hispanic languages […]