Editing Commonwealth Secretary-General (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2019}}
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| post = Secretary-General
| body = the <br /> Commonwealth of Nations
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| flagcaption = [[Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations|Flag]]
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| image = File:Shirley Ayorkor Botchway.jpg
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| incumbent = [[Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey]]<!--as styled on the Commonwealth website-->
| incumbentsince = 1 April 2025
| style = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]]
| residence = Garden House
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| appointer = [[List of Commonwealth Heads of Government|Commonwealth Heads of Government]]
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| termlength = Four years<br><small>renewable once</small>
| inaugural = [[Arnold Smith]]
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| website = {{official|https://thecommonwealth.org/secretary-general-shirley-botchwey}}
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The '''Commonwealth secretary-general''', formally the '''secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations''', is the head of the [[Commonwealth Secretariat]], the central body which has served the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] since its establishment in 1965, and responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly.<ref name="Role of the Secretary-General">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/169940/role_of_the_commonwealth_secretary_general/ |title=Role of the Secretary-General |access-date=5 April 2008 |publisher=[[Commonwealth Secretariat]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029114459/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/169940/role_of_the_commonwealth_secretary_general/ |archive-date=29 October 2007 }}</ref> The Commonwealth secretary-general should not be confused with the [[head of the Commonwealth]].