Commonwealth Secretary-General

Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Incumbent The Baroness Scotland of Asthal since 1 April 2016
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Garden House
Appointer	Commonwealth Heads of Government
Term length	Four years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Arnold Smith
Website	thecommonwealth.org/secretary-general-patricia-scotland

The Commonwealth secretary-general, formally the secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations, 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.^[1] The Commonwealth secretary-general should not be confused with the head of the Commonwealth.