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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Head of the Commonwealth.
Head of the Commonwealth
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Head of the Commonwealth.
The role:
- is an important symbolic one
- has no maximum fixed term
- is not hereditary, and future Heads will be chosen by Commonwealth leaders.
The Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation which supports member countries and co-ordinates Commonwealth activities.
Commonwealth Secretary-General
The Commonwealth Secretary-General is responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly, and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland QC is the current Commonwealth Secretary-General.
Board of Governors
The Board of Governors approves the Commonwealth Secretariat’s plans and budgets. Member governments are represented on the Board of Governors.
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office.
The Chair-in-Office represents the Commonwealth at high-level international meetings and reinforces the Good Offices role of the Commonwealth Secretary-General. The term ‘Good Offices’ refers to the Commonwealth's conflict prevention and resolution work.
The Chair-in-Office is the leader of the Commonwealth country that hosts a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The 2-year role comes into effect at the start of the CHOGM. The next CHOGM is in 2021 in Rwanda, when the Rwandan President Paul Kagame will become Chair-in-Office.
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