Governor General to Celebrate the Bicentennial of Mexico's Independence and the Centennial of Its Revolution Market Wire go to original September 11, 2010
| Michaelle Jean, the Governor General of Canada, was born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1957. | | Ottawa, Ontario - At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will visit Mexico City on September 13 and 14, 2010, to attend celebrations marking the bicentennial of the independence of the United Mexican States and the centennial of its revolution. She will be accompanied by her husband, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond.
"I am delighted to once again see President Felipe Calderon, who I have met on two previous occasions-once during the State visit I made in December 2009 and again at a meeting in Ottawa in May 2010. It is a great honour for me to take part in the celebrations marking the bicentennial of the independence of the United Mexican States and the centennial of the Mexican revolution," said Her Excellency Michaelle Jean.
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