Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
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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
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According to both the Original http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/original_treaty-text.pdf and Revised http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/revised_treaty-text.pdf 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:
The current Secretary-General is Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (Dominica) who was appointed in 2011.
The second (and last) Secretary-General of CARIFTA, Mr. William Demas, then became the first Secretary-General of the CARICOM. Mr. Demas had been instrumental in the transition from CARIFTA to the Caribbean Community, publishing a booklet in 1972 entitled "From CARIFTA to the Caribbean Community" wherein he outlined policies for deepening the integration process.
Secretariat of the Caribbean Community
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community is the principal administrative organ for the Caribbean Community and is headed by the Secretary General who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community....
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According to both the Original http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/original_treaty-text.pdf and Revised http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/revised_treaty-text.pdf Treaty of Chaguaramas
Treaty of Chaguaramas
The Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community and Common Market, later known as CARICOM. It was signed on July 4, 1973 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was signed by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago on 4 July 1973, in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. It came...
, 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.
Secretaries-General
The Secretaries-General of the Community have been:- William Demas, (Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
), 1973 to 1974; - Sir Alister McIntyre, (GrenadaGrenadaGrenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
), 1974 to August 1977; - Joseph Tyndall, (GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
), (acting Secretary-General), August 1977 to August 1978; - Kurleigh King (BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
), November 1978 to September 1983; - Roderick Rainford (JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
), September 1983 to August 1992; - Edwin W. Carrington (Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
), August 1992 to December 2010; - Lolita Applewhaite (BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
), (acting Secretary-General), January 2011 to August 2011. - Irwin LaRocque (DominicaDominicaDominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
), August 2011 to present.
Secretaries-General of CARIFTA and continuity with CARICOM
Prior to the formation of CARICOM, there were Secretaries-General for CARIFTA (the organization which preceded CARICOM). The Secretaries-General of CARIFTA have been:- Frederick L. Cozier, (BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
), 1968 to 1969; - William Demas, (Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
), 1969 to 1973;
The second (and last) Secretary-General of CARIFTA, Mr. William Demas, then became the first Secretary-General of the CARICOM. Mr. Demas had been instrumental in the transition from CARIFTA to the Caribbean Community, publishing a booklet in 1972 entitled "From CARIFTA to the Caribbean Community" wherein he outlined policies for deepening the integration process.