Wassim Salamoun

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-European and immigrant-born lieutenant governor in the history of the province.

• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island