Michaëlle Jean

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Governor General of Canada Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie human journalist stateswoman

Michaëlle Jean is a Haitian-born Canadian journalist, stateswoman, and former Governor General of Canada who later served as Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

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Michaëlle Jean canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
stateswoman ⓘ
appointedBy Paul Martin ⓘ
countryOfBirth Haiti ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-09-06 ⓘ
employer CBC ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Société Radio-Canada television network ⓘ
surface form: Radio-Canada
endTimeAsGovernorGeneralOfCanada 2010-10-01 ⓘ
endTimeAsSecretaryGeneralOfOIF 2019-01-03 ⓘ
familyName Jean ⓘ
fieldOfWork broadcast journalism ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Michaëlle ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix CC ⓘ
CD ⓘ
CMM ⓘ
COM ⓘ
PC ⓘ
immigratedTo Canada ⓘ
immigrationReason political exile from Haiti ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
monarchDuringTermAsGovernorGeneral Elizabeth II ⓘ
name Michaëlle Jean self-link ⓘ
notableFor first Black person to serve as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
first Haitian-born person to serve as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
numberOfChildren 1 ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
stateswoman ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
university chancellor ⓘ
orderInOfficeAsGovernorGeneralOfCanada 27th Governor General of Canada ⓘ
placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Ottawa ⓘ
Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Secretary-General of La Francophonie ⓘ
surface form: Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
predecessorAsGovernorGeneralOfCanada Adrienne Clarkson ⓘ
predecessorAsSecretaryGeneralOfOIF Abdou Diouf ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residenceDuringTermAsGovernorGeneral Rideau Hall ⓘ
spouse Jean-Daniel Lafond ⓘ
startTimeAsGovernorGeneralOfCanada 2005-09-27 ⓘ
startTimeAsSecretaryGeneralOfOIF 2015-01-05 ⓘ
successorAsGovernorGeneralOfCanada David Johnston ⓘ
successorAsSecretaryGeneralOfOIF Louise Mushikiwabo ⓘ

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2010 Winter Olympics → openingDeclaredBy → Michaëlle Jean ⓘ
XXI Olympic Winter Games → openedBy → Michaëlle Jean ⓘ
Michaëlle Jean → name → Michaëlle Jean self-link ⓘ