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Deputy Secretaries-General

Mrs Florence Mugasha

Deputy Secretary-General Florence Mugasha

Mrs Florence Mugasha was Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet in the Office of the President of Uganda from 1996 to 2002.

She has had a distinguished career in the Ugandan Public Service commencing in 1972, rising to the rank of Permanent Secretary in 1990 and eventually being appointed in November 1996 to the most senior public service position in the Uganda Government, a position she held for over five years.

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Mr Ransford Smith

Deputy Secretary-General Ransford SmithRansford Smith was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth in August 2006.

A career diplomat of nearly 30 years standing in the Jamaican Public and Foreign Service, Mr Smith previously served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Technology, and also Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Investment.

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