General Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
Генеральный секретарь Содружества Независимых Государств
Incumbent
Sergey Lebedev
since 5 October 2007
Executive Secretariat
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Heads of State of the CIS
Seat17 Kirov Street, Minsk, Belarus
Term lengthThree years
Inaugural holderIvan Korotchenya
Formation14 May 1994
DeputyFirst Deputy General Secretary

The General Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly known as the Executive Secretary) is the head of the CIS Executive Committee, the central body which has served the CIS since its establishment in 1991. The headquarters of the secretary-general, as with the committee, is in Minsk, Belarus.

History

In late 2022, it was announced that the position's formal title will be changed.[1] By the decision of the Council of Heads of State on 1 January 2023, the formal title of Chairman of the Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary was changed to CIS General Secretary.[2]

Executive committee

The general secretary leads the executive committee (Russian: Исполнительном комитете), and all Secretariat staff are answerable to them. He is supported by four deputy general secretaries:[3]

  • Leonid Anfimov (First Deputy)
  • Dauren Abaev
  • Ilkhom Nematov
  • Denis Trefilov

It is the single permanent executive, administrative and coordinating body of the CIS The CIS Executive Committee organizes its work in close cooperation with the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives among other bodies of the CIS. On 2 April 1999, the Council of Heads of State decided to reorganize the CIS Executive Secretariat, the apparatus of the Interstate Economic Committee, and other departments into a single permanent executive body: the CIS Executive Committee Independent States, the legal successor of the CIS Executive Secretariat. The council on 21 June 2000, approved the Regulations on the executive committee.

List of secretaries-general

The work of CIS is coordinated by the General Secretary.

Country Name Term start Term end
 Belarus Ivan Korotchenya 14 May 1993 29 April 1998
 Russia Boris Berezovsky 29 April 1998 4 March 1999
 Belarus Ivan Korotchenya 4 March 1999 2 April 1999
 Russia Yury Yarov 2 April 1999 14 July 2004
 Russia Vladimir Rushailo 14 July 2004 5 October 2007
 Russia Sergei Lebedev 5 October 2007[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Post of CIS Executive Secretary to be renamed Secretary General". news.am. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Биография Генерального секретаря СНГ Лебедева Сергея Николаевича – Исполнительный комитет СНГ". cis.minsk.by. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Заместители Генерального секретаря СНГ – Исполнительный комитет СНГ". cis.minsk.by. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Единый реестр правовых актов и других документов Содружества Независимых Государств". cis.minsk.by. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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