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.^[1]

Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth of Nations
Incumbent Paul Kagame since 24 June 2022
Term length	2 years
Inaugural holder	Thabo Mbeki
Formation	12 November 1999
Website	Chair-in-Office

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[2]	Trinidad and Tobago	Prime Minister	2009	27 November 2009	25 May 2010[2]
7	Kamla Persad-Bissessar[3]			None[3]	26 May 2010[3]	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