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by Jan Paintner , Enrique Martin Lopez and Dominik Pletschacher

The Commonwealth

Contents

1. What is the Commonwealth ?

8. Commonwealth Realms

2. Hierarchy

3. General Secretary

4. Map

5. History

6. Background

7. Commonwealth Goals

9. other Member States

10. Suspensions

11. former Member States

12. The Commonwealth Games

13. Disciplines

14. Sources

Government :

History and Goals :

The Commonwealth Games :

  • until 1947 "British Commonwealth of Nations"
  • today Commonwealth of Nations
  • a group of 53 member states
  • 15 states share a personal union (Commonwealth realms)

What is The Commonwealth ?

  • Hierarchy
  • General secretaries

Government

  • head of the Commonwealth : Queen Elizabeth II. ( purely symbolic )
  • secretary general ( Patricia Scotland , Baroness Scotland of Asthal ) : runs daily operations , elected by the heads of the member states
  • a chairperson ( Boris Johnson ) : the host of the last member state meeting

Hierarchy

Arnold Smith

General Secretaries

Emeka Anyaoku

Kamalesh Sharma

Shridath Ramphal

Don McKinnon

Patricia Scotland

office beginning : 1st July 1965

end term : 30th July 1975