Personality · Politics & public life
Politician · News presenter · Journalist
📍 Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Ouest
🎂 Birthday September 6
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Michaëlle Jean is a Canadian former journalist who served as the 27th governor general of Canada from 2005 to 2010. She is the first Haitian Canadian and Black person to hold this office.
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Offices held
- 2005 – 2010Governor General of Canada
Career
- 1998Women of Distinction AwardsDistinction
- 2009honorary doctorate at the Laval UniversityDistinction
- 2012honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de LyonDistinction
Distinctions
- 1998Women of Distinction Awards
- 2009honorary doctorate at the Laval University
- 2012honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
- honorary doctorate from the McGill University
- Order of La Pléiade
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
- honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta
- Order of Military Merit (Canada)
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Order of Saint John
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Companion of the Order of Canada
Places
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince, Ouest
- Languages
- French, English, Haitian Creole
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q128933 (CC0)
- Photo: LGOntario, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons