Leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations
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Note: the modern Commonwealth of Nations, most commonly known simply as The Commonwealth, was formally constituted by the London Declaration on April 28, 1949 on the basis of the previous British Commonwealth.

Secretaries-general 

Arnold Smith             1 Jul 1965 - 30 Jun 1975 (†1994) Canada
Shridath Ramphal         1 Jul 1975 - 30 Jun 1990 (†2024) Guyana
Emeka Anyaoku            1 Jul 1990 -  3 Apr 2000         Nigeria
Don McKinnon             3 Apr 2000 -  1 Apr 2008         New Zealand
Kamalesh Sharma          1 Apr 2008 -  1 Apr 2016         India
Patricia Scotland        1 Apr 2016 -  1 Apr 2025         United Kingdom/Dominica
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey 1 Apr 2025 -                     Ghana
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