{"id":648504,"date":"2026-05-05T03:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648504\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:17:15","slug":"prime-minister-carney-set-to-announce-new-governor-general-sources-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648504\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Carney set to announce new governor general: sources – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the identity of Canada\u2019s next governor general<\/a> on Tuesday, Global News has learned.<\/p>\n

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Carney, on Monday, was travelling back to Ottawa from the Armenian capital of Yerevan where he had participated in the 8th European Political Community summit.<\/p>\n

Neither he nor his senior aides were available to comment while they were in transit but his public itinerary for Tuesday <\/a>indicates that, on Tuesday morning, he will be in Ottawa to \u201cannounce a new appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The current governor general, Mary Simon, an Inuk woman born in northern Qu\u00e9bec, was the first Indigenous Canadian to hold the office.<\/p>\n

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While Simon spoke Inuktitut and English, her appointment was controversial because she did not speak both of Canada\u2019s official languages, English and French.<\/p>\n

Simon, like every Canadian-born governor general in Canada\u2019s history, was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

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Her successor, the 31st Governor General of Canada, will be the first who will be appointed by King Charles III and first appointed on Carney\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

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Simon, who is 78, has indicated through her husband, that she is ready to retire.<\/p>\n

Governors general do not serve for a defined term though most serve for about five years. Simon\u2019s predecessor, Julie Payette, served less than three-and-a-half years while Payette\u2019s predecessor, David Johnston, served for seven years and a day.<\/p>\n

In Canada\u2019s system of government, the governor general performs mostly a ceremonial role, acting as the commander-in-chief of Canada\u2019s armed forces and the representative in Canada of Canada\u2019s head of state, currently King Charles III.<\/p>\n

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