Leneen Forde Politician

Mary Marguerite "Leneen" Forde AC (born 12 May 1935 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the Chancellor of Griffith University and served as the twenty–second Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997. Forde chaired the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions during 1998 and 1999 that found systemic child abuse in government or non-government institutions between 1911 and 1999.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Kavanagh Mary Marguerite Leneen
Birth dateMay 12, 1935
Birth place
Ontario , Ottawa , Canada
Education
University of Queensland

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monarch
Elizabeth II
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Leneen Forde on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030818_homies/int_forde.htm
  2. http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0315b.htm