Kamalesh Sharma

Kamalesh Sharma
GCVO
Kamalesh Sharma GCVO
5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
	In office; 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2016
Head	Elizabeth II
Chair	See list Yoweri Museveni; (Uganda); Patrick Manning; (Trinidad & Tobago); Kamla Persad-Bissessar; (Trinidad & Tobago); Julia Gillard; (Australia); Kevin Rudd; (Australia); Tony Abbott; (Australia); Mahinda Rajapaksa; (Sri Lanka); Maithripala Sirisena; (Sri Lanka); Joseph Muscat; (Malta);
Preceded by	Don McKinnon
Succeeded by	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
	In office; 10 December 2009 – 25 April 2015
Preceded by	George J. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Thomas Moran
Permanent Representative of India ; to the United Nations
	In office; 7 August 1997 – 27 May 2002
Secretary General	Kofi Annan
President	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Preceded by	Prakash Shah
Succeeded by	Vijay K. Nambiar
Personal details
Born	30 September 1941 (age 84); Benares, Benares State, British Raj; (now Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Nationality	Indian
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; Modern School (New Delhi)
Profession	Diplomat

Kamalesh Sharma, GCVO (born 30 September 1941)^[2] is an Indian diplomat. He was the 5th Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008 to 2016. He served as the High Commissioner for India in London.^[3]

References

↑ "World Citizen". Queens University Belfast. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
↑ "New Permanent Representative of India Presents Credentials". United Nations. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
↑ "Kamalesh Sharma is new Commonwealth Secretary-General". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

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