Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

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File:Hunry Puna signing 2019.jpg
Former Secretary General Puna

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The Secretary General of the Secretariat is appointed to a three-year term in office by the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum member states.[2] The Secretary General reports directly to the leaders of the member states and the Forum Officials' Committee (FOC).[2] He or she automatically serves as the permanent chairman or chairwoman of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP).[2]

Responsibilities

The Secretary General is responsible for a variety of roles and responsibilities within the Pacific Islands Forum and the Secretariat. The responsibilities to PIF member states and observers include the following:

  • Providing "high quality" leadership to the member states.[1]
  • Effectively bring executive management to the office of the Forum Secretariat, as well as its staff and assets.[1]
  • Deliver advice and service to member nations of the Pacific Islands Forum.[1]
  • Advocate the interests of the Pacific Islands Forum to other international organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations.
  • Leading and managing the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a meeting of the member states' national leaders, as well as the Forum Officials Committee (FOC). This role includes attending and leading the Pacific Islands Forum ministerial meetings, committees, councils and working groups which may be established by either the PIF or the FOC.[1]
  • The Secretary General is chair of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP).[1]
  • Oversee the implementation of any mandates or directives of the Pacific Islands Forum and the Forum Officials Committee.[1]
  • Effectively implement the Secretariat's work programme.[1]

List of secretaries general

Please note: Dates may not be correct.

No. Image Name Country Took office Left office
Directors of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation
1 File:Mahe Tupouniua Snr 1983 (cropped).jpg Mahe Tupouniua File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga November 1972 1980
2 Gabriel Gris File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 1980 1982 (died in office)
– John Sheppard (acting) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1982 January 1983
3 File:Mahe Tupouniua Snr 1983 (cropped).jpg Mahe Tupouniua File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga January 1983 January 1986
4 File:Henry Naisali (February 1988).jpg Henry Naisali File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu January 1986 September 1988
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
– File:Henry Naisali (February 1988).jpg Henry Naisali File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu September 1988 January 1992
5 File:Ieremia Tabai.png Ieremia Tabai File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati January 1992 January 1998
6 File:SPF Secretary General at PALM 2000 summit meeting (cropped).jpg Noel Levi File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea February 1998 16 May 2004
7 Greg Urwin File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 16 May 2004 2 May 2008 (resigned)
– File:Feleti Teo 2016 taken in Nadi, Fiji at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.jpg Feleti Teo (acting) File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu 2 May 2008 13 October 2008
8 File:Tuiloma Neroni Slade.jpg Tuiloma Neroni Slade File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa [3] 13 October 2008 4 December 2014
9 File:Dame Meg Taylor 2014 (cropped).jpg Meg Taylor File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 24 May 2021
10 File:Henry Puna (3x4 crop).jpg Henry Puna[4] File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 24 May 2021 23 May 2024[5]
11 File:Baron Waqa.jpg Baron Waqa[6] File:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru 3 June 2024[7] Incumbent

See also

References

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