General Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth

General Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth
	Emblem of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth
	Flag of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth
	Incumbent; Daniel Muir; since August 1, 2018
	Central Committee of the Continentalist Party
Style	Comrade General Secretary; (informal); His Excellency; (diplomatic)
Status	Party leader, Paramount leader
Member of	Secretariat; Central Committee;
Residence	National Dormitory
Seat	Chicago, Illinois
Appointer	Central Committee
Formation	June 1, 1917; 107 years ago
First holder	Aeneas Warren
Deputy	First Secretary
Salary	150,000Ȼ annually

The General Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth is the head of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth (CPUC) and the highest-ranking official within the United Commonwealth. The general secretary is the head of the Secretariat of the United Commonwealth and a standing member of the Central Committee.

According to the 1982 Constitution, the general secretary is the highest-ranking party official of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth, the only legal political party in the country. The general secretary is an ex officio member of the Central Committee, the de facto top decision-making body. Throughout Continental history, the general secretary has had varying degree of power and responsibilities. Although the general secretary is the highest-ranking public official in the United Commonwealth (outranking state offices including the president), the de facto head of state is known as the paramount leader, who may or may not necessarily hold office as general secretary.

The general secretary is nominally elected by members of the Central Committee of the Continentalist Party. The general secretary presides over the administration of the Secretariat and works with the Central Committee and Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth. The current general secretary is Daniel Muir, who assumed the office on August 1, 2018.

Powers and positions

List of officeholders

General Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth of Continental States
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Rank	Congress(es)	Central Committee
1		Aeneas Warren (1871–1922)	1 May 1917	14 September 1922 †	1	1st–7th 8th 9th 10th 11th	1st Central Committee (1917–1922)
2		Seamus Callahan (1875–1947)	17 September 1922	1 June 1947 †		13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
3		Amelia Crawford (1901-1978)	1 June 1947	8 August 1954		20th
4		Lysander Hughes (1890–1958)	8 August 1954	19 December 1958 †		21st 22nd
5	File:Louis St. Laurent 1954 37112 (cropped).jpg	Christopher McCormack (1904–1972)	19 December 1958	5 July 1960		23rd
6	File:Lester B. Pearson at desk (crop).jpg	Gerard B. Truman (1894–1966)	5 July 1960	16 October 1966 †		-
7		Charles Acker (1884–1972)	16 October 1966	18 August 1972 †		25th
8		Charles Giuliani (1912–1996)	18 August 1972	2 October 1976		26th
9		Hugh Qualter (1920–2006)	2 October 1976	1 May 1981
10		Robert Conyers (1918–2002)	1 May 1981	8 October 1984		-
11		Isaac Holden (1916–1986)	8 October 1984	12 March 1986 †		26th
11		Michael D. Izzi (1932–2006)	12 March 1986	20 August 1992		27th
12		Diana Lindenbergh (1936–2020)	20 August 1992	3 February 1994		-
13		Avery Clyburn (1931–2006)	3 February 1994	11 May 1995		-
14		Jackson Rothko (1930–2011)	11 May 1995	6 October 2006		28th 29th 30th 31st
15		Mel Hathaway (1922–2021)	10 December 2010	20 January 2014
16		Harlan Usher (1962–)	20 January 2014	1 August 2018
17		Daniel Muir (1962–)	1 August 2018	Present