Secretary-General Of The Caribbean Community
The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community and the head of its principal administrative organ, the CARICOM Secretariat.
According to both the Original and Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Secretary-General is appointed by the Conference of Heads of Government, on the recommendation of the Community Council of Ministers (and previously the Common Market Council in the Original Treaty), for a term not exceeding five years and may be reappointed by the Conference.
The Secretary-General, subject to the Organs of the Community and in accordance with various regulations, performs the following functions:
- representing the Community;
- developing, as mandated, decisions of competent Organs of the Community into implementable proposals;
- identifying and mobilising, as required, external resources to implement decisions at the regional level and undertake studies and develop decisions on relevant issues into implementable proposals;
- implementing, as mandated, decisions at the regional level for the achievement of Community objectives;
- implementing, with the consent of the Member State concerned, Community decisions which do not require legislative or administrative action by national authorities;
- monitoring and reporting on, as mandated, implementation of Community decisions;
- initiating or developing proposals for consideration and decision by the competent Organs in order to achieve Community objectives
- and such other functions assigned by the Conference or other competent Organs.
The current Secretary-General is Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (Dominica) who was appointed in 2011.
All Secretaries-General, including the Secretaries-General of CARIFTA, have resided at Colgrain House on Camp Street, Georgetown, Guyana.
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