At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, undertook a State visit to the...

At the request of the Prime Minister, Their Excellencies travelled to Argentina for an official visit from December 8 to 11, 2007. The Governor General represented Canada at the inauguration of president-elect Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on...

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, arrived in Afghanistan March 8, 2007, to meet with Canadian troops and with Afghan President Karzai, as well as to celebrate International Women’s...

At the request of the Prime Minister, the Governor General led a delegation of distinguished Canadians from civil society to Algeria, Mali, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco. The State visit took place between November 19 and December 11, 2006.