Commonwealth Secretariat
Central agency and central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations
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| April 1 2025 | Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is set to begin her tenure as Commonwealth Secretary-General. |
| 2024 | Ghanaian foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is elected to succeed Baroness Scotland. |
| 2022 | Patricia Scotland is re-elected for a second term, defeating Jamaican foreign minister Kamina Johnson Smith by a margin of 27 votes to 24. |
| 2022 | Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth Secretariat, becoming the most recent states to be admitted to the organization. |
| 2016 | Began a period of staff reduction at the Commonwealth Secretariat, with personnel numbers declining from 295 to 223 by 2019. |
| April 1 2016 | Patricia Scotland takes office as Commonwealth Secretary-General. |
| 2015 | Patricia Scotland is elected as the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General and the first woman to hold the post, defeating Sir Ronald Sanders and Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba. |
| 2011 | Kamalesh Sharma is re-elected to a second term unopposed. |
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