Jeannette Young

Her Excellency The Honourable Jeannette Young PSM FRACMA
Jeannette Young in August 2020.
27th Governor of Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2021
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk Steven Miles David Crisafulli
Preceded by	Paul de Jersey
Chief Health Officer of Queensland
In office 17 August 2005 – 1 November 2021
Deputy	Sonya Bennett (2020–2021) Peter Aitken (2021) Lynne McKinlay (2021) James Smith (2021)
Preceded by	Gerry FitzGerald
Succeeded by	John Gerrard
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 61–62)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Graeme Nimmo ​ (m. 2000)​ [2]
Children	2
Education	St Ives High School
Alma mater	Queensland University of Technology[a] Griffith University[b] Macquarie University (MBA) University of Sydney (MBBS)

Jeannette Rosita Young^[3] PSM (born 1963) is an Australian politician, physician and medical administrator. She is the current governor of the state of Queensland since 2021. Young was the Chief Health Officer of Queensland Health from 2005 to 2021.^[4]

1. ↑ "The Governor's Biography". Government House Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
2. ↑ Miles, Janelle (4 December 2020). "'I lost eight people in one shift': CHO's horror night". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
3. ↑ "Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry – Statement of Dr. Jeanette Rosita Young" (PDF). Queensland Public Hospitals Commission of Inquiry. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
4. ↑ Lynch, Lydia (30 April 2020). "Jeannette Young: who is the woman leading Queensland's fight against COVID-19?". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.