Commonwealth Chair-in-Office

The Commonwealth Chair-in-Office (CIO) is the chief executive and presiding officer of the Commonwealth of Nations, and is one of the main leadership positions in the Commonwealth.  It is held by the host chairperson of the previous Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), and is maintained until the next CHOGM.

List of Chairs-in-Office

Elizabeth II (1999–present)
 # Name Country Title CHOGM Start End 1 Thabo Mbeki  South Africa President 1999 12 November 1999 2 March 2002 2 John Howard  Australia Prime Minister 2002 2 March 2002 5 December 2003 3 Olusegun Obasanjo  Nigeria President 2003 5 December 2003 25 November 2005 4 Lawrence Gonzi  Malta Prime Minister 2005 25 November 2005 23 November 2007 5 Yoweri Museveni  Uganda President 2007 23 November 2007 27 November 2009 6 Patrick Manning  Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 2009 27 November 2009 25 May 2010 7 Kamla Persad-Bissessar None 26 May 2010 28 October 2011 8 Julia Gillard  Australia Prime Minister 2011 28 October 2011 27 June 2013 9 Kevin Rudd None 27 June 2013 18 September 2013 10 Tony Abbott None 18 September 2013 15 November 2013 11 Mahinda Rajapaksa  Sri Lanka President 2013 15 November 2013 9 January 2015 12 Maithripala Sirisena None 9 January 2015 27 November 2015 13 Joseph Muscat  Malta Prime Minister 2015 27 November 2015 19 April 2018 14 Theresa May  United Kingdom Prime Minister 2018 19 April 2018 24 July 2019 15 Boris Johnson None 24 July 2019 24 June 2022 16 Paul Kagame  Rwanda President 2022 24 June 2022 Present

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