Kamalesh Sharma

Kamalesh Sharma
GCVO
Kamalesh Sharma GCVO
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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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[sharma_graduate-1] "World Citizen". Queens University Belfast. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[2] "New Permanent Representative of India Presents Credentials". United Nations. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[sharma-3] "Kamalesh Sharma is new Commonwealth Secretary-General". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

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Kamalesh Sharma GCVO
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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	(1941-09-30) 30 September 1941 (age 84) Benares, Benares State, British Raj (now Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)^[1]
Nationality	Indian
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Modern School (New Delhi)
Profession	Diplomat

v t e Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Smith Ramphal Anyaoku^† McKinnon Sharma Scotland
^† Previously served as Deputy Secretary-General.