Wassim Salamoun

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His Honour the Honourable
Wassim Salamoun
OPEI
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Salamoun in 2024
30th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 17, 2024
Alma mater University of Bordeaux
Profession Otolaryngologist

Wassim Salamoun OPEI (born 1952) is a Lebanese-born Canadian doctor who is serving as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.

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Biography

Salamoun was born in Machghara, Lebanon, in 1952. He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Université de Bordeaux. He completed his Canadian internship in Moncton, and his surgical training in Halifax, Nova Scotia and in Pittsburgh.

Salamoun is a medical professional from Summerside. Before his retirement in 2022, he was an otolaryngologist (ENT) and Medical Director for Prince County Hospital, as well as a medical doctor for hospitals in western PEI. Salamoun has received many community awards recognizing his long-time service and outstanding ethical conduct, including the Dr. Tom Moore Award from Prince County Hospital and the Putting Patients First Award from the Medical Society of PEI. [1] He directed Prince County Hospital from 2006 to 2015. [2]

He was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and invested as a member of the Order of PEI, for which he serves as Chancellor, in a special ceremony on October 17, 2024, at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. [3] [4] He is the 43rd Lieutenant Governor since the colony of PEI was established and the 30th since Confederation. He is the first non-Caucasian and immigrant-born Lieutenant Governor in the history of the province.

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References

  1. ↑ Lumley, Elizabeth (March 2003). Canadian Who's Who 2003. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-0-8020-8866-6.
  2. ↑ "His Honour the Honourable Dr. Wassim Salamoun, O.P.E.I., Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island | Lieutenant Governor". www.lgpei.ca. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Yarr, Kevin; MacIsaac, Alex (August 23, 2024). "Dr. Wassim Salamoun will be P.E.I.'s next lieutenant-governor". CBC News. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Wassim Salamoun sworn in as P.E.I.'s 43rd lieutenant governor". pniatlantic. Archived from the original on March 30, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.


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