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Michaëlle Jean

1957 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michaëlle Jean is the 66th most popular journalist (up from 85th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Haiti (up from 40th in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Michaëlle Jean ranks 66 out of 196. Before her are Martin Parr, Bernard Pivot, Vladislav Listyev, Kazimierz Nowak, Dith Pran, and Maria Ressa. After her are Salima Ghezali, Kanno Sugako, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Tucker Carlson, Robbie Ross, and Pauline Pfeiffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michaëlle Jean ranks 221. Before her are Kenji Kawai, Eric S. Raymond, Gary Lewis, Mirjana Karanović, Simon McBurney, and Maurizio Arrivabene. After her are Miguel Ángel Lotina, Silvio Orlando, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Christian Berkel, Masako Yoshida, and Joanna Pacuła.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Michaëlle Jean ranks 31 out of 94. Before her are Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789), Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943), Constantin Henriquez (1850), Dumarsais Estimé (1900), Paul Magloire (1907), and Chibly Langlois (1958). After her are Michel Martelly (1961), Sténio Vincent (1874), Fabre Geffrard (1806), Martial Célestin (1913), René Depestre (1926), and Michèle Pierre-Louis (1947).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Haiti

Among journalists born in Haiti, Michaëlle Jean ranks 1. 

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