CHOGM 2011 Gnangarra-1
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; or) is a biennial summit meeting of the governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations. Despite the name, the head of state may be present in the meeting instead of the head of government, especially among semi-presidential states. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state and is chaired by that nation's respective prime minister or president, who becomes the Commonwealth Chair-in-Office until the next meeting. Queen Elizabeth II, who was the Head of the Commonwealth, attended every CHOGM beginning with Ottawa in 1973 until Perth in 2011,"Queen to miss Commonwealth meeting for first time since 1973"
''The Guardian'', 7 May 2013 although her formal participation onl ...
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Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting 1971
The 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the I Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as Singapore 1971, was the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly named the British Commonwealth). It was held from 14 to 22 January 1971 in Singapore, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. British prime minister Edward Heath advised Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II not to attend the conference due to a row within the Commonwealth over Britain selling arms to South Africa. It would be the only CHOGM the Queen would miss until 2013. Ugandan president Milton Obote was overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971 Ugandan coup d'état, a military coup, whilst he was attending the meeting. At the meeting the Singapore Declaration, Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles was agreed setting out the c ...
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