# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kamalesh-sharma
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:00:52.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kamalesh-sharma"
name: "Kamalesh Sharma"
slug: "kamalesh-sharma"
description: "Kamalesh Sharma is a retired Indian diplomat who served as the fifth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he was the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2008. In addition, he is the Chancellor Emeritus of Queen's University Belfast."
tagline: "Indian diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kamalesh_Sharma_by_UNDP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.96252933333333
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Kamalesh Sharma"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump