Marjorie Michel

Marjorie Michel is a Haitian-Canadian politician who has served as Minister of Health since 2025 in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet. A member of the Liberal Party, she has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau since 2025, succeeding former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Political career She has a background in social and organizational psychology. She holds a master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from the University of Louvain in Belgium. Michel is a former student of the Sainte Rose de Lima Institution in Haiti. Michel has been active in politics since the early 2000s.

She was Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Employment and Social Development Canada and former political attaché to Canadian MP Emmanuel Dubourg, whom she later married. She was General Coordinator of the Annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1995, a position for which she received a distinction from the government of the United States of America. In 2009, she was appointed the head of the Ministry on the Status and Rights of Women (MCFDF).

Michel served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and President of the Treasury Board in the Liberal government.

Michel became Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of Justin Trudeau in 2021 becoming the first black person to hold the position. In October 2024, she was appointed the new deputy national campaign director. She left the role weeks later.

She was named the Liberal Party candidate for Papineau and was elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election to replace Justin Trudeau.

Personal life Michel is of Haitian descent. She is the daughter of Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin and former Prime Minister of Haiti Smarck Michel, and was married to former Bourassa MP Emmanuel Dubourg.

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