Wassim Salamoun

His Honour the Honourable Wassim Salamoun OPEI
30th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Incumbent
Assumed office October 17, 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Governor General	Mary Simon
Premier	Dennis King Rob Lantz
Preceded by	Antoinette Perry
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Machghara, Lebanon
Spouse	Marie Salamoun−Dunne
Children	Two sons
Residences	Summerside, Prince Edward Island (personal) Fanningbank, Charlottetown (official)
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Profession	Otolaryngologist

Wassim Salamoun, OPEI, (born 1952), 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. 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.

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, New Brunswick, and his surgical training in Halifax, Nova Scotia and in Pittsburgh, United States.

Dr. Wassim 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.

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island