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Jeanne Sauvé

1922 - 1993

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Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (French: [ʒan sove]; née Benoît; April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian politician, journalist and stateswoman who served as the 23rd governor general of Canada from 1984 to 1990 and as the 29th speaker of the House of Commons from 1980 to 1984. She was the first woman to hold either office, and is to date the only woman to serve as speaker of the House of Commons. Sauvé was born in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, and educated in Ottawa and Paris, prior to working as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She was then elected to the House of Commons in 1972, whereafter she served as a minister of the Crown until 1980, when she became the Speaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne Sauvé is the 16,293rd most popular politician (up from 16,328th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Canada (down from 552nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 16,293 out of 19,576. Before her are Mohamed Brahmi, Justo Figuerola, Gabriel Costa, Yury Chaika, Marta Lucía Ramírez, and Charles Sumner. After her are Edmund Ho, Lee Sedol, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Volker Bouffier, Frederick Muhlenberg, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco.

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Among people born in 1922, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 381. Before her are Regina Resnik, Raffaele La Capria, Marjorie Gestring, José Hierro, Ekaterina Kalinchuk, and Kathleen Booth. After her are Haskell Wexler, José Juncosa, Miloslava Misáková, Roberto Lovera, Ali Akbar Khan, and Roger Gautier. Among people deceased in 1993, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 251. Before her are Lisa De Leeuw, Rıfat Ilgaz, Alfred Mosher Butts, Edera Cordiale, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Helmut Braselmann. After her are Tahirou Congacou, Danny Blanchflower, Mary Philbin, Lien Gisolf, Utpal Dutt, and Albert Hyzler.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 555 out of 1,622. Before her are Colin Carruthers (1890), Anke Engelke (1965), Michel Brault (1928), Jill Hennessy (1968), Kelly Rowan (1965), and Charles Scicluna (1959). After her are Sarah Carter (1980), Edward Archibald (1884), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Lucile Watson (1879), and Archibald MacKinnon (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 53. Before her are Pauline Marois (1949), Georges Vanier (1888), François Legault (1957), Gus Dillon (1881), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and Ian Millar (1947). After her are George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Jack Layton (1950), Norman Lane (1919), Scotty Bowman (1933), and Patrick Roy (1965).

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