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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Michaelle Jean, Kevin Weekes, Nerene Virgin, Jackie Washington, Gregory Charles, Orim M. Meikle, Molly Johnson, Mista Mo, Joseph Motiki, Sylvia Sweeney, John Saunders, Michaela Pereira, Cabbie Richards, Nicole Holness, Rob Rainford, Quddus, Taborah Johnson, Marcia Young, Paul Jones, Juliette Powell, Mark Jones, Dwight Drummond, Jojo Chintoh, Sharon Lewis, Ike Awgu, Sherman Hamilton, Jemeni, Spider Jones, Tracy Moore, Master T, Karl Kabasele, David Amber, Paul A. Winn, Natasha Eloi, Alexis Mazurin, Gary Archibald, Namugenyi Kiwanuka, Rita Deverell, Michael Williams, Sarah Taylor, Matt Galloway, Rosey Edeh, Marci Ien, Matte Babel, Adrian Harewood, Anne-Marie Green, Nneka Elliott, Arisa Cox, Dwight Whylie, Gilson Lubin, Roger Mooking, Scott Laurie. Excerpt: Michaelle Jean (French pronunciation: born September 6, 1957) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation. Jean was a refugee from Haiti - coming to Canada in 1968 - and was raised in the town of Thetford Mines, Quebec. After receiving a number of university degrees, Jean worked as a journalist and broadcaster for Radio-Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), as well as undertaking charity work, mostly in the field of assisting victims of domestic violence. In 2005, she was appointed governor general by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin, to replace Adrienne Clarkson as vicereine, and she occupied the post until succeeded by David Johnston in 2010. Early in her tenure, comments of hers recorded in some of the film works by her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, were construed as supporting Quebec sovereignty and her holding of dual citizenship caused doubt about her loyalties. But Jean denied separatist leanings, renounced...
