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The '''Community of Nations Secretary-General''' is the leading executive and presiding legislative figure of the [[Community of Nations]], and is responsible for the enforcement of international laws, regulations, and treaties. The Secretary-General is an extremely important individual who wields great influence in the international community. Until the 1960's Secretary-Generals were mostly from Euclea, but since then there has been a growing tendency for Secretary-Generals to rotate between regional groups. The current secretary-general, [[Gabriela Rădulescu]], is the first female and person from Euclea Central to hold the position.  
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 Secretary-Generals==
==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:Michael Joseph Savage (21174121264).jpg|80px]]||'''[[Édouard Montagne]]'''<br><small>(b–d)</small>||12 May 1935 – <br />31 December 1939||{{flag|Valentir}}||Asteria South||Retired after one term.
|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
|colspan="6"|Description.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''2'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Baron Butler.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Ælfwine Dagaperht]]'''<br><small>(b–d)</small>||1 January 1940 – <br />31 December 1949||{{flag|Buckland}}||Euclea East||Retired after two full-terms.
|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
|colspan="6"|Description
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''3'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Giovanni Gronchi.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Giancarlo Pasetto]]'''<br><small>(b–d)</small>||1 January 1950 – <br />31 December 1954||{{flag|Etruria}}||Euclea East||Retired after one full term.
|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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|colspan="6"|Description.
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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|Glytter}}||Euclea East||Died in a plane crash in [[Military dictatorship in Etruria|Etruria]] while on a peacekeeping mission.  
|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.
|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.
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''5'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Miguel Alemán Valdés.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Emilio Štromajer]]'''<br><small>(1882-1980)</small>||1 January 1962 – <br />31 December 1972||{{flag|Marirana}}||Asteria North||Retired after two full terms.
|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.
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|colspan="6"|  
|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.
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|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>'''6'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Trần Xuân Dũng.png|80px]]||'''[[Trần Xuân Dũng]]'''<br><small>(1901-1985)</small>||1 January 1973 – <br />31 December 1978||{{flag|Damat}}||Coius West||Failed to get re-elected to a second term due to Negaran opposition to his candidacy.
|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>'''7'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Roelof Hartzenberg.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Roelof Hartzenberg]]'''<br><small>(1920-2003)</small>||1 January 1979 – <br />22 September 1981||{{flag|Nimear}}||Asteria South||Resigned after a corruption scandal.  
|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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|colspan="6"|
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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''8'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Ruud Lubbers 1985.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Edsger Stienstra]]'''<br><small>(1916-2007)</small>||4 November 1981 – <br />31 December 1986||{{flag|Azmara}}||Euclea East||Retired after one full term.  
|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"|
|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:President Abdurrahman Wahid - Indonesia.jpg|80px]]||'''[[Azaruddin Barakbah]]'''<br><small>(1935-)</small>||1 January 1987 – <br />31 December 1992||{{flag|Pelangi}}||Coius Central||Retired after one full term.  
|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:Meetings of Presidents participated in Nowruz with Ali Khamenei - Tehran, Iran (Cropped on Talabani).jpg|80px]]||'''[[Ahmed al-Majid al-Ulloum]]'''<br><small>(1934-)</small>||1 January 1993 – <br />31 December 2003||{{flag|Tsbara}}||Badawiya-Bahia||Retired after two full terms.   
|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"|
|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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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''11'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Guilavogui Babette.png|80px]]||'''[[Guilavogui Babette]]'''<br><small>(1933-2015)</small>||1 January 2003 – <br />19 October 2014||{{flag|Petite-Corne}}||Badawiya-Bahia||Served full two terms. Elected to third but resigned because of health issues.
|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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|rowspan="2"|<center>'''12'''</center>||rowspan="2"|[[File:Gabriela Rădulescu.png|80px]]||'''[[Gabriela Rădulescu]]'''<br><small>(born 1956)</small>||1 January 2015 – <br />present||{{flag|Amathia}}||Euclea Central||
|colspan="6"|Beruchashvili is the first elected female Secretary-General of the CN.  
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|colspan="6"|Rădulescu is the first women Secretary-General of the CN and the first born after it's creation.  
|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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Latest revision as of 19:05, 16 January 2024

Secretary-General of the
Community of Nations
CommonwealthLogo.png
Salome Zourabichvili and Essa Albasha Alnoaimi (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Ekaterine Beruchashvili
since 2014
Community of Nations
StyleHer Excellency
AppointerInternational Assembly
Term length5 years renewable
None (official)
Two (customary)
Constituting instrumentCommunity of Nations Charter
Formation12 May 1935 (89 years ago) (1935-05-12)
DeputyDeputy Secretary-General for Personnel
Deputy Secretary-General for Logistics

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

Portrait Secretary-General
(Born–Died)
Dates in office Country of origin CN Regional Group Reason of withdrawal
1
Robert Schuman-1929.jpg Niels Cornelissen
(b–d)
1 January 1935 –
31 December 1944
Hennehouwe Euclea East Retired after two full terms.
Description.
2
Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png man
(b–d)
1 January 1945 –
31 December 1949
Azmara Azmara Euclea East Retired after one term.
Description
3
Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png man
(b-d)
1 January 1950 –
31 December 1954
 Tacunia Asteria North Retired after one term.
4
John F Kennedy.jpg Seán Fitzgerald
(1905–1961)
1 January 1955 –
22 November 1961
 Caldia Euclea East Died in a plane crash in Etruria while on a peacekeeping mission.
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.
-
Alcide De Gasperi 2.jpg Giove Andriola
(3 April 1901-19 August 1974)
22 November 1961 –
31 December 1961
Montecara Montecara Euclea East Served as interim Secretary-General following Fitzgerald's death.
5
Endelkachew Makonnen.jpg Hailu Kayin
(1904-1998)
1 January 1962 –
31 December 1971
 Yemet Rahelia-Bahia Retired after two full terms.
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.
6
SayaKoLinn.png Saya Ko Linn
(1929-)
1 January 1972 –
31 December 1976
 Kuthina Coius South Retired after one full term.
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.
7
Georges Pompidou - Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F020538-0006 (cropped).jpg Frédérique Lambert
(1912-1994)
1 January 1977 –
22 September 1983
Cassier Asteria North Resigned due to a corruption scandal.
-
Leehiho2010.jpg Lee Song-Hee
(1902-1990)
22 September 1983 –
31 December 1983
 Baekjeong Coius West Served as interim Secretary-General following Lambert's resignation.
8
Portrait of József Antall, Jr.tif Theodosii Istina
(1932-)
1 January 1984 –
31 December 1988
Tengaria Euclea West Retired after one full term.
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.
9
Bettino Craxi 2.jpg Miloš Vidović
(1935-2007)
1 January 1989 –
31 December 1993
 Etruria Euclea East Retired after one full term.
10
Fernando Henrique Cardoso em maio de 1998.jpg Vytautas Šeduikys
(1934-)
1 January 1994 –
31 December 2003
Aucuria Asteria South Retired after two full terms.
A professor of international relations and the second South Asterian secretary-general, Šeduikys had previously served as Aucuria's foreign minister under Feliksas Ikeda. He continued Vidović's emphasis on human rights and democratization, collaborating heavily with non-governmental organizations. He was reelected in 1999.
11
Commonwealth Secretary-General (cropped).jpg Kamalesh Sharma
(born 1942)
1 January 2004 –
31 December 2013
Arthasthan Coius West Served full two terms.
Description
12
Salome Zourabichvili and Essa Albasha Alnoaimi (cropped).jpg Ekaterine Beruchashvili
(born 1956)
1 January 2014 –
31 December 2023
Vedmed Euclea West
Beruchashvili is the first elected female Secretary-General of the CN.
12
Portrait Placeholder.png TBA
(year of birth)
1 January 2024 –
present
(Description)