Adrienne Clarkson
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Adrienne Louise Clarkson is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005.
Clarkson in 2011
St. Hilda's College, the women's college at the University of Toronto's Trinity College, where Clarkson enrolled in 1956
The Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in the creation of which Clarkson assisted, and which she dedicated in May 2000
Clarkson and John Ralston Saul (at right) greet the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putina, at Rideau Hall, December 18, 2000
Michaëlle Jean
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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.
Adrienne Clarkson
…of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy, a post which she occupied until 2005, when she was succeeded by Michaëlle Jean. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some controversy during her time serving as the…
Jean c. 2010
The Catholic University of Milan, where Jean studied languages and literature
Prime Minister Paul Martin, who recommended Jean to Queen Elizabeth II for appointment as the sovereign's viceroy
Michaëlle Jean greets concert attendees at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival at Rideau Hall