The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean

September 6, 1957 Port-au-Prince, Haiti

the First woman and Canadian to hold the position. From 2005 to 2010, Jean was the First Black Governor General of Canada.

Social activist, journalist, documentary filmmaker, governor general and secretary general of the Organization internationale de la Francophonie.

The Right Honourable Michalelle Jean is a Canadian stateswoman and former journalist who is the third and current Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, after succeeding Abdou Diouf in January 2015; she is the First woman and Canadian to hold the position. From 2005 to 2010, Jean was the First Black Governor General of Canada.