Commonwealth Secretary-General

The Commonwealth Secretary-General is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body which has served the Commonwealth of Nations since its establishment in 1965. They are responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly.

Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
File:Patricia Scotland 2013 (cropped).jpg Incumbent Patricia Scotland since 1 April 2016
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	Commonwealth Heads of Government
Term length	Four years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Arnold Smith
Website	thecommonwealth.org/about-us/secretary-general

The Commonwealth Secretary-General should not be confused with the Head of the Commonwealth, who is currently Elizabeth II.

List of Secretaries-General

#	Name	Portrait	Country	Start	End	Background
1	Arnold Smith		Canada	1 July 1965	30 June 1975	Canadian ambassador to Egypt (1958-1961) Canadian ambassador to the USSR (1961-1963)
2	Shridath Ramphal	File:Shridath Ramphal.JPG	Guyana	1 July 1975	30 June 1990	Foreign Minister of Guyana (1972-1975)
3	Emeka Anyaoku		Nigeria	1 July 1990	31 March 2000	Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs (1977-1990)
4	Don McKinnon	100px	New Zealand	1 April 2000	31 March 2008	Foreign Minister of New Zealand (1990-1999)
5	Kamalesh Sharma	100px	India	1 April 2008	31 March 2016	Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (1997–2002) Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom(2004–2008)
6	Patricia Scotland	File:Patricia Scotland 2013 (cropped).jpg	Dominica United Kingdom	1 April 2016	Incumbent	Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland (2007–2010) UK Minister of State (Home Office; 2003–2007) UK Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department; 2001–2003) UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1999–2001) UK House of Lords (1997–present)

Commonwealth Secretary-General Media

• Arnold Cantwell Smith 1966 (cropped).jpg

  Arnold Cantwell Smith 1966 (cropped)

• Elizabeth II in Berlin 2015 (cropped).JPG

  Elizabeth II in Berlin 2015 (cropped)

• S. Ramphal 1975 (cropped).jpg

  Speech by Sir Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

• Chief Emeka Anyaoku 2006.jpg

  Chief Emeka Anyaoku, President of WWF International

• Don McKinnon 2012.jpg

  Former Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon

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  King Charles III (July 2023)

• 2018.gada 19.jūlijs. Saeimas priekšsēdētājas biedre Inese Lībiņa-Egnere tiekas ar Ganas Republikas ārlietu un reģionālās integrācijas ministri Šērliju Ajorkoru-Botčveju (Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey).*Foto: Ieva Ābele, Saeima Izmantošanas noteikumi: saeima.lv/lv/autortiesibas