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
Louise Arbour
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Louise Arbour is a Canadian jurist who has served as the 31st governor general of Canada since 2026.
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…ascension of King Charles III following Elizabeth's death. In 2026, at the end of her five-year term as Governor General, she was succeeded by jurist Louise Arbour. Simon was born Mary Jeannie May on August 21, 1947, in Fort Severight (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), Quebec, to Bob May, who was from Manitoba and of English…
Arbour in 2026
Arbour, while serving as UN Human Rights Commissioner, sits with Argentinian President Néstor Kirchner, 2005
Arbour with Dimitris Avramopoulos, in 2017
Exterior of Louise Arbour Secondary School in Brampton