Two Commonwealth Deputy Secretaries-General assist the Secretary-General

Commonwealth Secretary-General

The Commonwealth Secretary-General 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...

 in running the Commonwealth Secretariat

Commonwealth Secretariat

The Commonwealth Secretariat is the main intergovernmental agency and central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is responsible for facilitating cooperation between members; organising meetings, including the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings ; assisting and advising on policy...

, which is the central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

. They are assigned an aspect of the Commonwealth's function to address particularly: one to economic affairs and the other to political affairs.

They are elected by the Commonwealth Heads of Government

Commonwealth Heads of Government

The leaders of the nations with membership in the Commonwealth of Nations are collectively known as the Commonwealth Heads of Government. They are invited to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings every two years, with most countries being represented by either their Head of Government...

, like the Secretary-General. However, as their terms overlap with those of the Secretary-General, and don't coincide with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, , is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President, who becomes the...

s (CHOGMs), the Heads of Government are represented through their respective High Commissioners

High Commissioner (Commonwealth)

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomat in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.-History:...

 in London

London

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.

Currently, the two Deputy Secretaries-General are Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

's Ransford Smith

Ransford Smith

Ransford Smith , is a senior public servant from Jamaica, and is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.Smith was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth in August 2006....

 (economic) and Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

's Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba

Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba

Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba is currently Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General.Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, is a national of Botswana. She advises and reports to the Secretary-General on Political Affairs, Human Rights, Youth Affairs, Legal and Constitutional Affairs...

 (political), since 2006 and 2008 respectively.

Economic

Name	Country	Start	End
Tilak E. Gooneratne	Sri Lanka	1965	1970
Geoffrey Wilson	United Kingdom	1971	1971
Hunter Wade	New Zealand	1972	1974
Incomplete
C. John Small	Canada	1979	1983
Peter Marshall	United Kingdom	1983	1988
Peter Unwin	United Kingdom	1989	1993
Humphrey Maud	United Kingdom	1993	1999
Veronica Sutherland Veronica Sutherland Dame Veronica Evelyn Sutherland, DBE, CMG is a former British career diplomat who served in government from 1965 until 1999, including a stint as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland...	United Kingdom	1999	2001
Winston Cox	Barbados	2001	2006
Ransford Smith Ransford Smith Ransford Smith , is a senior public servant from Jamaica, and is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.Smith was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth in August 2006....	Jamaica	2006	Incumbent

Political

Name	Country	Start	End
Incomplete
A. L. Adu	Ghana	1966	1970
M. A. Husain	India	1970	1978
Emeka Anyaoku Emeka Anyaoku Emeka Anyaoku, GCVO, CON was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. He is a Nigerian of Igbo descent.-Education:Born in Obosi, he attended the University College of Ibadan, then a college of the University of London, from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics.-Political career:In...	Nigeria	1977	1983
Position vacant		1983	1983
Emeka Anyaoku Emeka Anyaoku Emeka Anyaoku, GCVO, CON was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. He is a Nigerian of Igbo descent.-Education:Born in Obosi, he attended the University College of Ibadan, then a college of the University of London, from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics.-Political career:In...	Nigeria	1983	1990
Anthony Siaguru	Papua New Guinea	1990	1995
Krishnan Srinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan is an Indian diplomat, scholar and the former Foreign Secretary of the Republic of India. As Foreign Secretary, he was the functional Head of the Indian Foreign Ministry and the highest ranking diplomat in the country...	India	1995	2002
Florence Mugasha	Uganda	2002	2008
Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba is currently Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General.Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, is a national of Botswana. She advises and reports to the Secretary-General on Political Affairs, Human Rights, Youth Affairs, Legal and Constitutional Affairs...	Botswana	2008	Incumbent