About Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour (French pronunciation: [lwiz aʁbuʁ]; born February 10, 1947) is a Canadian jurist who has served as the 31st governor general of Canada since 2026. Born in Montreal, she attended the Université de Montréal and earned a Licentiate of Laws degree. During her career, Arbour has served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. From 2009 until 2014, she served as president and CEO of the International Crisis Group. She made history with the indictment of a sitting head of state, Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević, as well as the first prosecution of sexual assault as a crime against humanity. From March 2017 to December 2018, she was the special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for international migration. After leaving office, she continued her private law practice in Montreal. On May 5, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that King Charles III had approved Arbour's appointment as governor general, succeeding Mary Simon. She was installed on June 8. Arbour is the oldest person to hold the office in Canadian history. After leaving the Supreme Court of Canada, Arbour became the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights.
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