Michaëlle Jean
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957-09-06
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Femme Vaillante
- Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010
- Service Naval du Canada, 1910-2010
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,943x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 29,882x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,840x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,639x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,629x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Paul Martin , Stephen Harper
- Preceded by
- Adrienne Clarkson
- Succeeded by
- David Johnston
- Born
- ( 1957-09-06 ) September 6, 1957 (age 68) , Port-au-Prince , Haiti
- Spouse
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- Education
- Université de Montréal ( BA , MA )
- Website
- Official website
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Key dates
- Born
- 6 September 1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Haiti
- Place of birth
- Port-au-Prince
- Spouse
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor General of Canada
- Educated at
- University of Perugia
- Languages spoken
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Michaëlle Jean ( French: [mi.ka.ɛl ʒɑ̃]; born September 6, 1957) 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.
Jean was the third secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from 2015 until 2019. She was the first woman to hold the position and held the position until the end of 2018.
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