M. Rony Francois

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|name = M. Rony Francois

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|office = Director of the Georgia Division of Public Health

|governor = Sonny Perdue
Nathan Deal

|term_start = 2010

|term_end = 2015

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|successor =

|office2 = Secretary of the Florida Department of Health

|governor2 = Jeb Bush

|term_start2 = September 19, 2005

|term_end2 = January 2, 2007

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|successor2 = Ana Viamonte Ros

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|birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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|profession = Doctor, health administrator, professor

|party = Independent

|alma_mater = University of Central Florida
University of South Florida

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M. Rony Francois is an American doctor, health administrator, and academic professor. He is currently the Director of the Georgia Division of Public Health.{{cite news |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/lifestyles/health/francois-named-new-director-of-public-health/nQb8D/ |title=Francois named new director of public health |date=2010-01-29 |accessdate=2013-01-12 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} He previously served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Health under then Florida Governor Jeb Bush from 2005 to 2007.{{cite news |url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070118/LOCAL/701180317?p=1&tc=pg |title=Crist selects Florida's first surgeon general |date=2007-01-18 |accessdate=2013-01-12 |work=The Gainesville Sun}}{{cite web |url=http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/newsroom/press_releases/12.01.05HWinterCarbon.pdf |title=DOH WARNS OF THE DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE DURING WINTER |publisher=Florida Department of Health |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927163931/http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/newsroom/press_releases/12.01.05HWinterCarbon.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jonesbahamas.com/pdf.php?a%3D9597 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924144515/http://jonesbahamas.com/pdf.php?a=9597 |archivedate=2010-09-24 }}

Florida Secretary Of Health Dr. M. Rony Francois Tours The Bahamas HIV/ AIDS Center

Francois is an alumnus of the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. He earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree from UCF, where he was also a star on the Knights soccer team, and he graduated with his medical degree from South Florida in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://health.usf.edu/publicaffairs/newsreleases/news+release+09+14+05+francois.htm |title=USF Public Health Professor named Florida Secretary of Health |date=2005-09-10 |accessdate=2013-01-12 |work=University of South Florida}}