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[[File:Michaelle Jean.jpg|thumb|Michaelle Jean]]

[[File:Michaelle Jean.jpg|thumb|Michaelle Jean]]

'''Michaëlle Jean''' (b. 6 September 1957) is a former [[Governor General]] of [[Canada]].   

'''Michaëlle Jean''' (born 6 September 1957) is a former [[Governor General]] of [[Canada]].   

==History==  

==History==

Jean was born in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] and with her family fled as refugees to Canada in 1968. She became the 27th Governor General ([[Elizabeth II|Queen's]] representative in Canada) in 2005 and is also the first black person to hold the title.   

Jean was born in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] and with her family fled as refugees to Canada in 1968. She became the 27th Governor General ([[Elizabeth II|Queen's]] representative in Canada) in 2005 and is also the first black person to hold the title.   

While attending university, Jean worked at a shelter for battered women from 1979 until 1987. She later helped establish a network of shelters for women and children across Canada. Jean also worked in organizations that helped immigrants to Canada and then later worked for Employment and Immigration Canada (now Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) and at the Conseil des Communautés culturelles du Québec, where Jean began writing about the experiences of immigrant women

While attending university, Jean worked at a shelter for battered women from 1979 until 1987. She later helped establish a network of shelters for women and children across Canada. Jean also worked in organizations that helped immigrants to Canada and then later worked for Employment and Immigration Canada (now Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) and at the Conseil des Communautés culturelles du Québec, where Jean began writing about the experiences of immigrant women

==Personal Life==

==Personal life==

She is married to filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond, who has made several films that were seen as sympathetic to the cause of [[Québec]] separatism. They have a daughter, Marie-Éden, adopted from Haiti.  

She is married to filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond, who has made several films that were seen as sympathetic to the cause of [[Québec]] separatism. They have a daughter, Marie-Éden, adopted from Haiti.  

==See Also==

==See also==

* [http://www.gg.ca/menu_e.asp Governor General of Canada]

* [http://www.gg.ca/menu_e.asp Governor General of Canada]

* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/governorgeneral/michaelle_jean.html CBC News Indepth: Canada's Governor General]

* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/governorgeneral/michaelle_jean.html CBC News Indepth: Canada's Governor General]