Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General

Three Commonwealth Deputy Secretaries-General assist the Secretary-General in running the Commonwealth Secretariat, which is the central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations. They are 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 are elected by the Commonwealth Heads of Government, like the Secretary-General. However, as their terms overlap with those of the Secretary-General, and don't coincide with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGMs), the Heads of Government are represented through their respective High Commissioners in London.^[1] 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.

In addition to Dunn, the two Deputy Secretaries-General are Deodat Maharaj for Economic Affairs and Development from Trinidad and Tobago and Josephine Ojiambo for Political Affairs from Kenya since 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Lists of Deputy Secretaries-General

Economic Affairs and Development

Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs and Development of the Commonwealth of Nations
Incumbent Deodat Maharaj since 2014
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Commonwealth Heads of Government
Term length	3 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Tilak E. Gooneratne
Formation	1965
Website	www.thecommonwealth.org

Name	Country	Start	End
Tilak E. Gooneratne	Sri Lanka	1965	1970
Geoffrey Wilson	United Kingdom	1971	1971
Hunter Wade	New Zealand	1972	1974^[2]
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	Incumbent

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Political Affairs

Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations
Incumbent Josephine Ojiambo since 2014
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	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
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	Incumbent

¹ Initially served from 1977 to 1983, leaving his 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
Incumbent Gary Dunn since 2014
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Commonwealth Heads of Government
Term length	3 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Gary Dunn
Formation	2014 - previously titled 'Assistant Secretary-General'
Website	www.thecommonwealth.org

Name	Country	Start	End
Gary Dunn	Australia	2014	Incumbent

Footnotes

↑ Doxey, Margaret (January 1979). "The Commonwealth Secretary-General: Limits of Leadership". International Affairs 55 (1): 67–83. doi:10.2307/2617133.
↑ McIntyre, W. David (November 2001). "'Viewing the Iceberg from Down Under': A New Zealand Perspective". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 39 (3): 95–112. doi:10.1080/713999565. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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