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Michaëlle Jean
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Born
September 6
,
1957
·
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
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Michaëlle Jean was born on September 6, 1957 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. She is a producer, known for
Black Life: Untold Stories (2023)
,
Tropique nord (1994)
and
Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (2006)
. She is married to
Jean-Daniel Lafond
. They have one child.
Family
Spouse
Jean-Daniel Lafond
(? - present) (1 child)
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Appointed to the post of Governor-General of Canada, the rank directly below that of
Queen Elizabeth II
, Canada's head of state. [4 August 2005].
Fluent in five languages - English, French, Italian, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
The first black and youngest person to be Governor General of Canada
At age 11, she and her family fled the brutal regime of François Duvalier.
Prime Minister of Canada,
Paul Martin
, announced that she was to become Governor General of Canada from the end of September 2005.
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