Francis "Frank" Joseph Zakem OPEI (August 30, 1931 – January 23, 2013) was a Canadian businessman, politician, educator and author.
[1] Zakem was born in Saint-Paul-du-Buton, Quebec[2] (now Saint-Paul-de-Montminy) in 1931 and moved to Prince Edward Island in 1936 with his family.
He spent two years at the Grand Seminary of Montreal Theology and completed the Management Development Program for College Administrators at Trent University.
He also had a long-term involvement in community organizations dealing with mental and physical health, sports, multicultural matters and race relations, the Boy Scouts, and in helping create the Rotary Youth Parliament, a training ground for many current and future Island leaders.
[3] In 2009, Zakem was admitted into the Order of Prince Edward Island in recognition of his many contributions to public life in the fields of politics, heritage, writing, education, business and community activity.