Ramon John Hnatyshyn PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC(hon) (16 March 1934 – 18 December 2002), commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn (pronounced /nəˈtɪʃən/), was a Canadian politician and statesman who, until 8 February 1995, served as the Governor General of Canada. He was appointed as such by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of then Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, to replace Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé as viceroy. The official announcement...
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Ramon John Hnatyshyn PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC(hon) (16 March 1934 – 18 December 2002), commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn (pronounced /nəˈtɪʃən/), was a Canadian politician and statesman who, until 8 February 1995, served as the Governor General of Canada. He was appointed as such by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of then Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, to replace Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé as viceroy. The official announcement of the appointment was made on 14 December 1989, and Hnatyshyn's investiture as the 24th governor general since Confederation took place on 29 January 1990.
Hnatyshyn was born and educated in Saskatchewan and also served in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets prior to being elected to the House of Commons in 1974, where-after he served as a minister of the Crown in two non-successive governments until 1988. He was appointed as the Canadian viceroy at the end of the following year, and proved to be a populist governor general, reversing some...
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