Michaelle Jean
Michaelle Jean
Michaëlle Jean PC CC CMM COM CD FRCPSCis a Canadian stateswoman and former journalist who is the third and current Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, after succeeding Abdou Diouf in January 2015; she is the first woman to hold the position. From 2005 to 2010, Jean was Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 September 1957
CityPort-au-Prince, Haiti
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