Mary Simon
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Mary Jeannie May Simon is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who served as the 30th governor general of Canada from 2021 to 2026. She is Inuk on her mother's side, making her t
Simon in 2022
Simon and Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand, host a bilateral between Canada and New Zealand during their Platinum Jubilee visit to the United Kingdom, June 2022.
Simon with governors-general David Hurley of Australia and Dame Cindy Kiro of New Zealand, outside St Paul's Cathedral, London, June 3, 2022
Simon meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, May 5, 2023
Julie Payette
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Julie Payette is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served as the 29th governor general of Canada from 2017 to 2021.
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…Council. She also served as the Canadian ambassador to Denmark from 1999 to 2002. Simon was appointed Governor General following the resignation of Julie Payette in 2021, having been nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to represent Queen Elizabeth II. Her tenure included the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, a…
Official portrait, 2017
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Payette's official portrait from STS-96
Payette aboard the Kibō laboratory of the International Space Station during STS-127