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Michaelle Jean

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Politician

The Resume

    (September 6, 1957- )
    Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    27th Governor General of Canada (representative of head of state Queen Elizabeth II)
    Previously a reporter and broadcaster for the CBC and Radio Canada

Why she might be annoying:

    She became governor general despite having no political experience.
    There are rumors that she supports Quebec separatism and is friendly with former FLQ terrorists.
    On the other hand, she was criticized for saying Quebecers are ‘sometimes disconnected from the rest of Canada.’
    Many protested her appointment because of her French citizenship (through marriage).
    She was estranged from her father for years.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is Canada’s first black governor general.
    She gave up her French citizenship shortly after her appointment.
    Her father was tortured by Papa Doc Duvalier's secret police, and her family fled Haiti in the 1960s.
    She helped found several women’s shelters across Canada.
    Unlike most governor generals, she got to wield real power when she agreed to suspend parliament to prevent the Harper government from being overthrown by a coalition of three opposing parties (December 2008).

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 77 Votes: 44.16% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 104 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 70.21% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 77.97% Annoying