Kamalesh Sharma

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Kamalesh Sharma (born 30 September 1941)[1] is the current Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008, having previously served as the High Commissioner of India in London.[2]

Kamalesh Sharma in an alumnus of the St. Stephen's College in Delhi and the King's College, Cambridge.[3] Sharma was an officer in the Indian Foreign Service from 1965 to 2001. He served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations before his retirement from IFS. From 2002 to 2004, he served as U.N. Secretary General's special representative to East Timor. He was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Britain in 2004.[4]

[edit] Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

Sharma was elected to the position of secretary-general over Michael Frendo, foreign minister of Malta, during the biennial Commonwealth summit in Kampala, Uganda held from 22 November to 24 November 2007.[5] He took over from Don McKinnon of New Zealand on 1 April 2008.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "New Permanent Representative of India Presents Credentials", United Nations, 4 August 1997. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 
  2. ^ Kamalesh Sharma is new Commonwealth Secretary-General. Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
  3. ^ Kamalesh Sharma, Indian High Commissioner. Judge Business School, Cambridge. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
  4. ^ "India to field Kamalesh Sharma for C'wealth job", The Hindu, 2007-06-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
  5. ^ "Kamlesh Sharma for C'wealth top job", Times Now, 2007-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
  6. ^ "Indian diplomat to be new head of Commonwealth", Reuters, Africa, 2007-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
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