Canada names new Governor General

Don't you wish your head of state was more like this?

"At just 48 years old, the award winning journalist will become one of the youngest governors general ever, the third woman in the job and the first black person to call Rideau Hall home.

Jean, a journalist, is probably best known to English Canadians as the host of The Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts on CBC Newsworld.

Jean has received many awards for her own documentary work including the Amnesty International Journalism Award, the Anik Prize and the Galaxi Award for best information program host. "


She speaks five languages and has studied at universities in Canada, France and Italy.

And she's a total babe.