What to know about Louise Arbour, Canada's next governor general

What to know about Louise Arbour, Canada's next governor general2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNadine YousifSenior Canada reporterAFP via Getty ImagesArbour is a former Supreme Court of Canada judge and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal TribunalsPrime Minister Mark Carney has appointed a bilingual lawyer and former United Nations high commissioner for human rights as Canada's new governor general.Louise Arbour, 79, will soon replace current Governor General Mary Simon, who became the first indigenous person to hold the role when she was appointed five years ago. The governor general serves as the representative of the Canadian Crown, currently King Charles III, in the commonwealth country and acts as head of state on the monarch's behalf. They typically serve five-year terms.Carney has been under pressure to appoint a governor general that speaks both English and French - Canada's two official language - after Simon was criticised for her lack of French proficiency. On Tuesday, the prime minister described Arbour as a Canadian whose entire life has been dedicated to "sound judgement, deep learning and an unwavering commitment to the rule of law".Who is Louise Arbour? Arbour was born in Montreal, Quebec, and had previously served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the country's highest court.Outside of Canada, Arbour served as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Carney called this role "her most consequential" as a jurist.Arbour is credited for making history for the first-ever indictment of a sitting head of state, former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević, as well as her prosecution of sexual assaults as crimes against humanity.She is also credited for securing the first conviction for genocide since the 1948 Genocide Convention in the case of Rwanda.Arbour later served as the United Nations human rights commissioner fo...