Louise Arbour becomes Canada's new governor general
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Updated · BBC.com · May 5
Louise Arbour becomes Canada's new governor general
16 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 5
Arbour, 79, a bilingual former Supreme Court justice and UN human rights chief from Montreal, replaces Mary Simon after Prime Minister Mark Carney's appointment on Tuesday.
Carney faced pressure to choose an English- and French-speaking successor after Simon drew criticism over her limited French during her five-year term.
Arbour previously prosecuted atrocities in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, helped secure a genocide conviction, and will represent King Charles III in constitutional and ceremonial duties.
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