# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jennie-carignan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:14.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jennie-carignan"
name: "Jennie Carignan"
slug: "jennie-carignan"
description: "General Marie Annabelle Jennie Carignan is a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) since July 2024. Born in Quebec, Carignan graduated as a military engineer from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in Kingston, Ontario. She served as an officer in combat engineering regiments in various Canadian military actions in the 1990s and 2000s including the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Afghanistan. As a full colonel, Carignan became Commandant of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 2013."
tagline: "Canadian general, Chief of the Defence Staff"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Jennie_Carignan_in_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1968"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/organisation/structure-organisationnelle/chef-conduite-professionnelle-culture/biographie.html"
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    title: "珍妮·卡里南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jennie Carignan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jennie Carignan"
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    title: "Jennie Carignan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ני קריניאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Carignan"
    title: "Jennie Carignan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Carignanov%C3%A1"
    title: "Jennie Carignanová"
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    title: "Jennie Carignan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump