- Born
- 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 CTV National News (1962). She is married to Jean-Daniel Lafond. They have one child.
- SpouseJean-Daniel Lafond(? - present) (1 child)
- 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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