Claire Boudreau
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Claire Boudreau FRHSC AIH |
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| Chief Herald of Canada | |
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Assumed office June 26, 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Michaëlle Jean David Johnston |
| Preceded by | Robert Watt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Herald |
Claire Boudreau, FRHSC AIH (born 1965) is a Canadian historian, genealogist, and officer of arms. She has served as a herald in the Canadian Heraldic Authority since 17 March 1997 in the office of Saguenay Herald and later as Saint-Laurent Herald, to which office she succeeded on the retirement of Auguste Vachon, and then Deputy Chief Herald from 1 December 2005 until 26 June 2007, when she was made the second Chief Herald of Canada following the retirement of Robert Watt. She is also a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in heraldic studies. She is the author of many articles and publications. She has been the principal designer and administrator of the Authority’s pioneering online Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, which was unveiled in July 2005. She has been an Academician of the Académie Internationale d'Héraldique since 2000.
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