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{{short description|Governor of Queensland since 2021}}
{{use Australian English|date=October 2020}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]] [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Jeannette Young
| honorific_suffix    = [[Order of Australia|AC]] [[Public Service Medal (Australia)|PSM]]
| image               = Jeannette Young, Chief Health Officer, Queensland Government, 2020 (cropped) 2.jpg
| caption             = Young in 2020
| office              = 27th [[Governor of Queensland]]
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]<br />[[Charles III]]
| premier             = [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]]<br>[[Steven Miles (politician)|Steven Miles]]<br>[[David Crisafulli]]
| term_start          = 1 November 2021
| predecessor         = [[Paul de Jersey]]
| office1             = [[Queensland Health|Chief Health Officer of Queensland]]
| term_start1         = 17 August 2005
| term_end1           = 1 November 2021
| deputy1             = Sonya Bennett {{small|(2020–2021)}}<br>Peter Aitken {{small|(2021)}}<br>Lynne McKinlay {{small|(2021)}}<br>James Smith {{small|(2021)}}
| predecessor1        = Gerry FitzGerald
| successor1          = [[John Gerrard (doctor)|John Gerrard]]
| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1963}}<ref name="Governor's Biography">{{Cite web|url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/the-governor-s-biography|title=The Governor's Biography|publisher=Government House Queensland|access-date=2 November 2021|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116041654/https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/the-governor-s-biography|url-status=live}}</ref>
| birth_place         = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality         = [[Australians|Australian]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Graeme Nimmo|March 2000}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/qweekend/i-lost-eight-people-in-one-shift-chos-horror-night/news-story/ff752656956602860ed4289beecffe68|title='I lost eight people in one shift': CHO's horror night|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|last=Miles|first=Janelle|date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805020501/https://login.newscorpaustralia.com/authorize?client_id=0v9i7KoW6MBLSfe036YSQT79zA8Zaz4Y&response_type=token%20id_token&scope=openid%20profile&audience=newscorpaustralia&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fremote%2Fidentity%2Fauth%2Flatest%2Flogin%2Fcallback.html&state=4HIFjzNkqnI.xRXAXfy~1rlb1oT2lGD0&nonce=5HbCTQ1jizIXrkuR1ZzSzom_tfhyIfiD&response_mode=web_message&prompt=none&auth0Client=eyJuYW1lIjoiYXV0aDAuanMiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiOS4xNi4yIn0%3D|url-status=live}}</ref>
| children            = 2
| education           = [[St Ives High School]]
| alma_mater          = {{plainlist|
* [[Queensland University of Technology]]{{efn|Received an [[honorary degree]].}}
* [[Griffith University]]{{efn|Received an [[honorary degree]].}}
* [[Macquarie University]] {{small|([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}}
* [[University of Sydney]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]])}}
}}
| signature = Jeannette Young signature 2022.svg
}}
'''Jeannette Rosita Young''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|PSM}} (born 1963) is an Australian medical doctor and administrator who is currently [[Governor of Queensland|Governor of Queensland]], since 1 November 2021. Before being sworn in as Governor, Young was Chief Health Officer of Queensland from 2005 to 2021.<ref name="qphci.qld.gov.au">{{cite web |date=20 May 2005 |title=Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry – Statement of Dr. Jeanette Rosita Young |url=http://www.qphci.qld.gov.au/pdf/BHCI_Exhibit209.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127111705/http://www.qphci.qld.gov.au/pdf/BHCI_Exhibit209.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=5 November 2021 |website=Queensland Public Hospitals Commission of Inquiry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/jeannette-young-who-is-the-woman-leading-queensland-s-fight-against-covid-19-20200406-p54hmd.html|title=Jeannette Young: who is the woman leading Queensland's fight against COVID-19?|last=Lynch|first=Lydia|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|date=30 April 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122074638/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/jeannette-young-who-is-the-woman-leading-queensland-s-fight-against-covid-19-20200406-p54hmd.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Young was born in 1963 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]].<ref name="Governor's Biography"/> She attended secondary school at [[St Ives High School]], graduating in 1980, before studying at the [[University of Sydney]] and graduating in 1986 with a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery]]. She started her career as a doctor at [[Westmead Hospital]] in Sydney in 1986 where she completed her internship and one year as a resident medical officer before completing 4.5 years as a registrar in emergency medicine. In July 1992 she moved in to medical administration at the same hospital.<ref name="qphci.qld.gov.au"/>{{Page needed|date=March 2024}}

She relocated to Queensland upon her appointment as director of medical services at [[Rockhampton Base Hospital|Rockhampton Hospital]] in December 1994. In April 1995, she attained a [[Master of Business Administration]] by [[Macquarie University]]. She then moved into a position similar to her role in Rockhampton, as executive director of medical services at [[Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane|Princess Alexandra Hospital]] in [[Brisbane]], in January 1999.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

On 17 August 2005, she was appointed to succeed Gerry FitzGerald as Chief Health Officer of Queensland. She gained prominence during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/coronavirus/dr-jeanette-young-humbled-by-queenslander-of-the-year-nomination/news-story/cba29d6ef3e4a2c4f012bf4b615b07f8|title=Dr Jeanette Young humbled by Queenslander of the Year nomination|last=Lang|first=Kylie|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|date=5 June 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805020507/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DCMWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.couriermail.com.au%252Fcoronavirus%252Fdr-jeanette-young-humbled-by-queenslander-of-the-year-nomination%252Fnews-story%252Fcba29d6ef3e4a2c4f012bf4b615b07f8%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium&upid=b5f7l8u&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}</ref> holding multiple press briefings regarding the disease. Her recommendation to the [[Queensland Government|Palaszczuk Government]] to close the state's borders, which was implemented, proved controversial as she received numerous death threats and was placed under police protection in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/14/queenslands-chief-health-officer-given-police-protection-after-death-threats|title=Queensland's chief health officer given police protection after death threats|work=[[Guardian Australia]]|last=Bosely|first=Matilda|date=14 September 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129093707/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/14/queenslands-chief-health-officer-given-police-protection-after-death-threats|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/brett-sutton-rose-to-cult-status-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-jeannette-young-received-death-threats|title=Brett Sutton rose to cult status during the coronavirus pandemic. Jeannette Young received death threats|work=[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS News]]|last=Radford|first=Antoinette|date=19 September 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124162317/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/brett-sutton-rose-to-cult-status-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-jeannette-young-received-death-threats|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 21 June 2021, the then-[[Premier of Queensland|Premier]] [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]] announced Young would become the 27th Governor of Queensland. The incumbent Governor [[Paul de Jersey]] was due to retire in July 2021, but extended his term until November to allow Young to focus on the [[COVID-19 vaccine]] rollout as Chief Health Officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Jeannette Young Queensland's New Governor |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/92450 |website=Ministerial Media Statements |access-date=21 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201548/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/92450 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Honours==
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| name = Jeannette Young<br>(2021–Present)
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|[[File:AUS Order of Australia (civil) BAR.svg|50px]] || [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC) || [[2022 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2022 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for "eminent service to public health administration, to medicine and medical research, to the tertiary education sector, and as the 27th Governor appointed in Queensland." || 12 June 2022<ref name="SMH QB2022">{{cite news |title=Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours - the full list |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/queen-s-birthday-2022-honours-the-full-list-20220609-p5askg.html |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |agency=Nine Entertainment Co. |date=12 June 2022 |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005223153/https://www.smh.com.au/national/queen-s-birthday-2022-honours-the-full-list-20220609-p5askg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:PSM Australia ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Public Service Medal (Australia)|Public Service Medal]] (PSM) || [[2015 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2015 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for "outstanding public service to Queensland Health." || 8 June 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1152304|title=Dr Jeannette Rosita YOUNG|publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170159/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1152304|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|50px]] || [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Dame of Grace of the Order of St John]] || [[2022 Special Honours (Australia)|2022 Special Honours]] appointment as Deputy Prior of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John]]. || 21 October 2022<ref>{{Citation|title=Invested as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John|publisher=Governor of Queensland Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/QldGovernor/status/1583371837903634432?cxt=HHwWgIDUmYWTovkrAAAA|accessdate=22 October 2022|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306075036/https://twitter.com/QldGovernor/status/1583371837903634432?cxt=HHwWgIDUmYWTovkrAAAA|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== Degrees ===

* 1986: [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery]] from the University of Sydney
* 1995: [[Master of Business Administration]] from Macquarie University

=== Fellowships ===
* 2004: Fellow of the [[Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators]]

=== Honorary degrees ===
* 2015: Honorary doctorate from [[Griffith University]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.griffith.edu.au/2015/08/13/griffith-honorary-doctorates-for-trio-of-achievers/|title=Griffith honorary doctorates for trio of achievers|publisher=[[Griffith University]]|last=Jacobson|first=Michael|date=13 August 2015|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127143937/https://news.griffith.edu.au/2015/08/13/griffith-honorary-doctorates-for-trio-of-achievers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2017: Honorary doctorate from [[Queensland University of Technology]]

=== Honorary appointments ===
* 1 November 2021, as of her swearing in as governor
** {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Army]], Regimental [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] of the [[Royal Queensland Regiment]].<ref name="List of Patronages">{{cite web |title=Patronage |url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/patronage |publisher=Governor of Queensland |access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>
** {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Order of St John, [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Deputy Prior of the Order of St John]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Understanding the Most Venerable Order of St John|url=https://www.stjohnsa.com.au/cms_resources/Understanding%20the%20Most%20Venerable%20Order%20of%20St%20John.pdf|website=Governor of New South Wales|publisher=Governor of New South Wales|access-date=24 August 2018|date=12 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313040917/https://www.stjohnsa.com.au/cms_resources/Understanding%20the%20Most%20Venerable%20Order%20of%20St%20John.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="List of Patronages"/>
** {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scouts Australia]], Chief Scout of [[Scouting and Guiding in Queensland|Scouts Australia QLD]]<ref name="List of Patronages"/>
** {{air force|Australia}} Honorary, [[Air Commodore]] of [[No. 23 Squadron RAAF]]<ref name="List of Patronages"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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