Marie Bashir
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The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD, CVO |
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| 37th Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 1 March 2001 – 1 October 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier |
Bob Carr Morris Iemma Nathan Rees Kristina Keneally Barry O'Farrell Mike Baird |
| Preceded by | Gordon Samuels |
| Succeeded by | David Hurley |
| Lieutenant |
James Spigelman Tom Bathurst |
| 17th Chancellor of the University of Sydney | |
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In office 1 June 2007 – 15 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Santow |
| Succeeded by | Belinda Hutchinson |
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1 December 1930 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Nicholas Shehadie |
| Children | Michael Shehadie Susan Shehadie Alexandra Shehadie James Bashir |
| Residence | Mosman, New South Wales |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Profession | Medicine and Psychiatry |
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Viceregal styles of Dame Marie Bashir |
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| Reference style | Her Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir AD, CVO (born 1 December 1930) is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positions, with a particular emphasis in psychiatry. In 1993 Bashir was appointed the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the Central Sydney Area Health Service, a position she held until appointed governor on 1 March 2001. She has also served as the Chancellor of the University of Sydney (2007–2012).
Bashir retired on 1 October 2014, and was succeeded as governor by General David Hurley.
Marie Roslyn Bashir was born in 1930 in Narrandera, New South Wales, to Lebanese-born parents Michael Bashir and Victoria Melick. Her father and her paternal uncle were both medical graduates from the American University of Beirut. Her maternal family had come to Australia in the 19th century.
Bashir attended Narrandera Public School and in 1943 enrolled at Sydney Girls High School, which her mother had also attended. Bashir then moved to Sydney to live with her grandmother in order to attend. Upon graduating, Bashir studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, becoming a proficient violinist.
She completed the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1956 at the University of Sydney Medical School, residing at The Women's College from 1950 to 1955. In 1959, she was elected to the College Council, became Honorary Secretary in 1960 and was Chair from 1982 to 1990. She took up life membership of the College Union in 1969. While at university, she met rising rugby player, Nicholas Shehadie, to whom she was married on 23 February 1957, in St Philip's Church, Sydney, by Felix Arnott, then the Warden of St Paul's College, University of Sydney. They had their first child, Michael, in 1959, followed by two daughters, Susan and Alexandra.
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