Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth assists the Secretary-General in managing the operations of the Commonwealth Secretariat, which is the central institution of the Commonwealth. The current Deputy Secretary-General is Dr Arjoon Suddhoo of Mauritius. Dr Suddhoo's appointment was announced in February 2019 after an open and competitive process, and he took up the post in April 2019.[1]
History
Until 2016, three Commonwealth Deputy Secretaries-General assisted the Secretary-General in running the Commonwealth Secretariat, each assigned an aspect of the Commonwealth's function to address particularly: one to economic affairs, one to political affairs and the other to corporate affairs.
They were elected by the
Under
Lists of Deputy Secretaries-General
Name | Country | Start | End |
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Arjoon Suddhoo | Mauritius | 2019 | Incumbent |
Economic Affairs and Development
Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs and Development of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 2017 | |
Commonwealth Heads of Government | |
Term length | 3 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Tilak E. Gooneratne |
Formation | 1965 |
Final holder | Deodat Maharaj |
Abolished | Possibly June 2017 |
Website | www.thecommonwealth.org |
Name | Country | Start | End |
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Tilak E. Gooneratne | Sri Lanka | 1965 | 1970 |
Geoffrey Wilson | United Kingdom | 1971 | 1971 |
Hunter Wade | New Zealand | 1972 | 1974[3] |
Incomplete | |||
C. John Small | Canada | 1979 | 1983 |
Peter Marshall | United Kingdom | 1983 | 1988 |
Peter Unwin | 1989 | 1993 | |
Humphrey Maud | 1993 | 1999 | |
Veronica Sutherland | 1999 | 2001 | |
Winston Cox | Barbados | 2001 | 2006 |
Ransford Smith | Jamaica | 2006 | 2013 |
Deodat Maharaj | Trinidad and Tobago | 2014 | 2017 |
Political Affairs
Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
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Incumbent Vacant (Appointments Suspended) since 2018 | |
Commonwealth Heads of Government | |
Term length | 3 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | A.L. Adu |
Formation | 1966 |
Website | www.thecommonwealth.org |
Name | Country | Start | End |
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A. L. Adu | Ghana | 1966 | 1970 |
M. A. Husain | India | 1970 | 1977 |
Emeka Anyaoku | Nigeria | 1977 | 19901 |
Anthony Siaguru | Papua New Guinea | 1990 | 1995 |
Krishnan Srinivasan | India | 1995 | 2002 |
Florence Mugasha | Uganda | 2002 | 2008 |
Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba | Botswana | 2008 | 2014 |
Josephine Ojiambo | Kenya | 2015 | 2018 |
1 Initially served from 1977 to 1983, leaving his??[who?] post for a few months to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria. He was re-instated later that year.
Corporate Affairs
Deputy Secretary-General for Corporate Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 2016 | |
Commonwealth Heads of Government | |
Term length | 3 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Gary Dunn |
Formation | 2014 - previously titled 'Assistant Secretary-General' |
Abolished | Unclear - possibly 2017 |
Website | www.thecommonwealth.org |
Name | Country | Start | End |
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Gary Dunn | Australia | 2014 | 2016 [4] |
Footnotes
- ^ "New Deputy Secretary-General appointed | The Commonwealth". thecommonwealth.org. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- JSTOR 2617133.
- S2CID 154047070.
- ^ https://au.linkedin.com/in/gary-dunn-80689213a[permanent dead link]