{"id":68041,"date":"2026-05-04T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/prime-minister-carney-set-to-announce-new-governor-general-sources-national\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:49:33","slug":"prime-minister-carney-set-to-announce-new-governor-general-sources-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/prime-minister-carney-set-to-announce-new-governor-general-sources-national\/","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 on Tuesday, Global News has learned.<\/p>\n

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 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…<\/p>\n

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