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{{Infobox political post
|post            = Secretary-General
|body            = the <br />Community of Nations
|insignia        = CommonwealthLogo.png
|insigniasize    =
|insigniacaption = [[Community of Nations|Emblem of the Community of Nations]]
|imagesize       =
|image           = Salome Zourabichvili and Essa Albasha Alnoaimi (cropped).jpg
|imagesize       = 220px
|incumbent       = [[Ekaterine Beruchashvili]]
|incumbentsince  = 2014
|department      = [[Community of Nations]]
|style           = {{wp|Excellency|Her Excellency}}
|seat            = 
|residence       = 
|nominator       = 
|appointer       = [[Community of Nations#International Assembly|International Assembly]]
|termlength      = 5 years renewable
|termlength_qualified = None (official)<br>Two (customary) 
|formation       = {{Start date and age|1935|05|12|df=yes|p=y}}
|constituting_instrument = [[Community of Nations Charter]]
|deputy          =  Deputy Secretary-General for Personnel<br>Deputy Secretary-General for Logistics
|website         =
}}

The '''Secretary-General of the Community of Nations''' is the head of the [[Community of Nations General Secretariat]]. She is the organization's top bureaucrat and is ultimately responsible for directing the manner in which the organization carries out its mandates. Until the 1960s, Secretaries-General were mostly from Euclea, but since then there has been a growing tendency for them to rotate between regional groups. The current Secretary-General, [[Ekaterine Beruchashvili]], is the first woman to hold the position. 

==List of Secretaries-General==
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!№!!Portrait!!Secretary-General<br><small>(Born–Died)</small>!!Dates in office!!Country of origin!!CN Regional Group!!Reason of withdrawal
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''1'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Robert Schuman-1929.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Niels Cornelissen]]'''<br><small>(b–d)</small>||1 January 1935 – <br />31 December 1944||{{flagicon image|Flag of Hennehouwe.png}} [[Hennehouwe]]||Euclea East||Retired after two full terms.
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|colspan="6"|Description. 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''2'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png|80px]]||'''[[man]]'''<br><small>(b–d)</small>||1 January 1945 – <br />31 December 1949||{{flagicon|Azmara}} [[Azmara]]||Euclea East||Retired after one term.
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|colspan="6"|Description
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''3'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png|80px]]||'''[[man]]'''<br><small>(b-d)</small>||1 January 1950 – <br />31 December 1954||{{flag|Tacunia}}||Asteria North||Retired after one term.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''4'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:John F Kennedy.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Seán Fitzgerald]]'''<br><small>(1905–1961)</small>||1 January 1955 – <br />22 November 1961||{{flag|Caldia}}||Euclea East||Died in a plane crash in [[Military dictatorship in Etruria|Etruria]] while on a peacekeeping mission. 
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|colspan="6"|Fitzgerald is the only CN Secretary-General to die in office; he was killed in an airplane crash en route to cease-fire negotiations during the [[Western Emergency]]. Fitzgerald has been referred to as one of the most influential and controversial Secretary-Generals, taking a more activist role than his predecessors and promoting the CN as a more assertive organisation.
|-
|rowspan="2"|<center>'''-'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Alcide De Gasperi 2.jpg|80px]]||'''''[[Giove Andriola]]'''''<br><small>(3 April 1901-19 August 1974)</small>||22 November 1961 – <br />31 December 1961||{{flagicon|Montecara}} [[Montecara]]||Euclea East||Served as interim Secretary-General following Fitzgerald's death. 
|-
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''5'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Endelkachew_Makonnen.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Hailu Kayin]]'''<br><small>(1904-1998)</small>||1 January 1962 – <br />31 December 1971||{{flag|Yemet}}||Rahelia-Bahia|| Retired after two full terms.
|-
|colspan="6"|The first Coian secretary-general, Haliu was awarded the 1964 *insert Nobel Peace Prize equiv* for his work in resolving the conflict in his native Yemet. He was re-elected unanimously in 1966.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''6'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:SayaKoLinn.png|80px]]||'''[[Saya Ko Linn]]'''<br><small>(1929-)</small>||1 January 1972 – <br />31 December 1976||{{flag|Kuthina}} ||Coius South||Retired after one full term. 
|-
|colspan="6"| It was decided that a second Coian secretary-general would be preferable to balance out earlier [[Euclean]] domination of the office. Saya Ko Linn's nomination was met with considerable opposition from [[Xiaodong]] (He was an active proponent of an independent [[Chanwan State]]), though his election was successful. 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''7'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Georges Pompidou - Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F020538-0006 (cropped).jpg|80px]]||'''[[Frédérique Lambert]]'''<br><small>(1912-1994)</small>||1 January 1977 – <br />22 September 1983||{{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]||Asteria North||Resigned due to a corruption scandal.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''-'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Leehiho2010.jpg|80px]]||'''''[[Lee Song-Hee]]'''''<br><small>(1902-1990)</small>||22 September 1983 – <br />31 December 1983||{{flag|Baekjeong}} ||Coius West||Served as interim Secretary-General following Lambert's resignation. 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''8'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Portrait_of_József_Antall,_Jr.tif|80px]]||'''[[Theodosii Istina]]'''<br><small>(1932-)</small>||1 January 1984 – <br />31 December 1988||{{flagicon image|TengariaFlag.png}} [[Tengaria]] ||Euclea West||Retired after one full term. 
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|colspan="6"|The grandson of Tengarian philosopher [[Ivan Istina]] and a scholar until his appointment as ambassador by [[Simeon Kovachev]], Istina was the first Secretary-General from West Euclea. During his tenure, he created and promoted several programs sponsoring global education, the protection of culture and world religions, and the development of philosophy.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''9'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Bettino Craxi 2.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Miloš Vidović]]'''<br><small>(1935-2007)</small>||1 January 1989 – <br />31 December 1993||{{flag|Etruria}}||Euclea East||Retired after one full term. 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''10'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Fernando Henrique Cardoso em maio de 1998.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Vytautas Šeduikys]]'''<br><small>(1934-)</small>||1 January 1994 – <br />31 December 2003||{{flagicon image|RepAucuriaFlag.png}} [[Aucuria]]||Asteria South||Retired after two full terms.  
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|colspan="6"|A professor of international relations and the second [[Asteria Inferior|South Asterian]] secretary-general, Šeduikys had previously served as Aucuria's foreign minister under [[Feliksas Ikedas|Feliksas Ikeda]]. He continued Vidović's emphasis on human rights and democratization, collaborating heavily with non-governmental organizations. He was reelected in 1999.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''11'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Commonwealth Secretary-General (cropped).jpg|80px]]||'''[[Kamalesh Sharma]]'''<br><small>(born 1942)</small>||1 January 2004 – <br />31 December 2013||{{flagicon image|Arthadesh flag.png}} [[Arthasthan]]||Coius West||Served full two terms.
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|colspan="6"|Description 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''12'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Salome Zourabichvili and Essa Albasha Alnoaimi (cropped).jpg|80px]]||'''[[Ekaterine Beruchashvili]]'''<br><small>(born 1956)</small>||1 January 2014 – <br />31 December 2023||{{flagicon image|Flag of Tbilisi.svg}} [[Vedmed]]||Euclea West||
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|colspan="6"|Beruchashvili is the first elected female Secretary-General of the CN. 
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''12'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Portrait Placeholder.png|80px]]||TBA<br><small>(year of birth)</small>||1 January 2024 – <br />present|| || ||
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|colspan="6"|(Description)
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