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.
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
David Lloyd Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served as the 28th governor general of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Johnston was the special rapporteur appointed to investigate rep
Michaëlle Jean
…II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin, to replace Adrienne Clarkson as vicereine. She occupied the post until being succeeded by David Johnston in 2010. Early in her tenure, comments of hers recorded in some of the film works by her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, were construed as supporting…
Johnston in 2011
Johnston, then President of the University of Waterloo, introducing Justin Trudeau as a speaker at the university, March 2006
Johnston at the University of Waterloo, 2010
Balmoral Castle, where Johnston met with Queen Elizabeth II prior to his installation as governor general