Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office.
The Executive Committee includes the eight largest contributors to the Secretariat’s total resources, with additional member countries from each region elected to serve two-year terms. The Executive Committee is a sub-committee of the Board of Governors that can make policy recommendations to the Board and oversees budgets and audit functions. The Chairperson of the Board of Governors and the representative of the Chair in Office also sit on the Executive Committee. The role of the Board of Governors, which usually meets once a year, is to approve the Secretariat’s strategic plans, work programmes and budgets.
The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland KC is the current Commonwealth Secretary-General.Īll member governments are represented on the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors by their High Commissioners.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General is responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly, and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation which supports member countries and co-ordinates Commonwealth activities.
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