Ottawa says Louise Arbour to be installed as governor general on June 8
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will replace Mary Simon after King Charles approved the appointment, a move that follows her international human-rights career.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will replace Mary Simon as Canada's next governor general, with her swearing-in scheduled for June 8.
- King Charles approved the appointment, his first since taking the throne in 2022, as the governor general serves as his constitutional representative, swearing in cabinet ministers, dissolving Parliament, and granting Royal Assent.
- Arbour, 79, is an accomplished former jurist who previously served as human rights commissioner and chief prosecutor at The Hague, leading the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
- During her tenure, Arbour made history as the first to indict a sitting head of state, Slobodan Milosevic, for crimes against humanity, and secured the first genocide conviction since the 1948 Genocide Convention.
- Beyond her tribunal work, Arbour was pioneering in prosecuting sexual assaults as crimes against humanity, and her appointment marks a transition following Simon, who became Canada's first Indigenous viceregal in 2021.
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