Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
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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 Commonwealth heads of government, like the secretary-general. However, as their terms overlap with those of the secretary-general, and do not coincide with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGMs), the heads of government are represented through their respective high commissioners in London.[2] Originally, the Secretariat only engaged two deputy secretaries-general, whilst the corporate affairs portfolio was overseen by an assistant secretary-general. This changed in 2014 with the appointment of Gary Dunn from Australia to the post. However, by the end of March 2017, references to the role and Dunn had been removed from the Secretariat's website, indicating that the role may have been abolished though no announcement had been made to that effect.
Under Baroness Scotland's tenure as secretary-general, the vacancies left by the departures of Dunn, Deodat Maharaj, and Josephine Ojiambo were not filled and the three roles merged into a single post.
Lists of deputy scretaries-general
| Name | Country | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arjoon Suddhoo | Mauritius | 2019 | Incumbent |
Economic affairs and development
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| Name | Country | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilak E. Gooneratne | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 1965 | 1970 |
| Geoffrey Wilson | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 1971 | 1971 |
| Hunter Wade | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 1972 | 1974[3] |
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| C. John Small | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 1979 | 1983 |
| Peter Marshall | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 1983 | 1988 |
| Peter Unwin | 1989 | 1993 | |
| Humphrey Maud | 1993 | 1999 | |
| Veronica Sutherland | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Winston Cox | File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados | 2001 | 2006 |
| Ransford Smith | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 2006 | 2013 |
| Deodat Maharaj | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 2014 | 2017 |
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Political affairs
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| Name | Country | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. L. Adu | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 1966 | 1970 |
| M. A. Husain | File:Flag of India.svg India | 1970 | 1977 |
| Emeka Anyaoku | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | 1977 | 19901 |
| Anthony Siaguru | File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea | 1990 | 1995 |
| Krishnan Srinivasan | File:Flag of India.svg India | 1995 | 2002 |
| Florence Mugasha | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 2002 | 2008 |
| Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 2008 | 2014 |
| Josephine Ojiambo | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 2015 | 2018 |
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Corporate affairs
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| Name | Country | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dunn | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 2014 | 2016[4] |
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Footnotes
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