# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-simon
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:24:28.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-simon"
name: "Mary Simon"
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description: "The first Indigenous person to hold Canada's vice-regal office, appointed in 2021 despite speaking only one of the country's two official languages — a controversy that met the historic nature of her selection."
tagline: "Governor General of Canada 2021-2025"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Simon%2C_Governor_General_of_Canada.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Fort Severight, Quebec, on August 21, 1947, Simon is Inuk on her mother's side. She spent a brief stint in the 1970s as a CBC Northern Service producer and announcer before moving into public service, sitting on the board of the Northern Quebec Inuit Association and working the Charlottetown Accord negotiations. From 1994 to 2004 she served as Canada's first ambassador for circumpolar affairs and led negotiations to create the Arctic Council; she also held the post of Canadian ambassador to Denmark from 1999 to 2002. On July 6, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Queen Elizabeth II had approved her appointment as the 30th governor general of Canada. The selection drew criticism for her lack of fluency in French.