Kamalesh Sharma

Kamalesh Sharma
Kamalesh Sharma
	Sharma in 2015
5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
	In office; 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2016
Head	Elizabeth II
Chair	See list Yoweri Museveni; (Uganda); Patrick Manning; (Trinidad & Tobago); Kamla Persad-Bissessar; (Trinidad & Tobago); Julia Gillard; (Australia); Kevin Rudd; (Australia); Tony Abbott; (Australia); Mahinda Rajapaksa; (Sri Lanka); Maithripala Sirisena; (Sri Lanka); Joseph Muscat; (Malta);
Preceded by	Don McKinnon
Succeeded by	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
9th Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
	In office; 10 December 2009 – 25 April 2015
Preceded by	George J. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Moran
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
	In office; 7 August 1997 – 27 May 2002
Secretary General	Kofi Annan
President	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Preceded by	Prakash Shah
Succeeded by	Vijay K. Nambiar
Personal details
Born	30 September 1941; Benares, Benares State, British India; (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Children	2
Alma mater	St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Delhi University; King's College, Cambridge; Cambridge University
Profession	Diplomat

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Kamalesh Sharma (born 30 September 1941) is a retired Indian diplomat who served as the fifth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he was the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2008. In addition, he is the Chancellor Emeritus of Queen's University Belfast.