Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
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Lisbon, Portugal
renewable once
| Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Seat | Penafiel Palace Lisbon, Portugal |
| Appointer | CPLP Heads of State and Government at the CPLP Summit |
| Term length | Two years renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Marcolino Moco |
| Website | Executive Secretariat |
The Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Secretário Executivo da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is the executive head and highest representative of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth.
The Executive Secretary is charged with leading the Executive Secretariat (Secretariado Executivo), the CPLP's executive branch responsible for creating and implementing the CPLP's agenda of projects and initiatives.[1]
The Executive Secretary, who must be a high-ranking diplomat or politician from one of the member states, is elected for a mandate of two years at the biennial CPLP Summit, and can be reelected once to a second term.[2] The Executive Secretariat is headquartered at Penafiel Palace in Lisbon, Portugal.
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