1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting


The 1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the III Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as Kingston 1975, was the third [Commonwealth Commonwealth Heads of Government|Heads of Government Meeting|Meeting] of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held from 29 April to 6 May 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Michael Manley.
Among the topics discussed were nuclear disarmament, the situation in Rhodesia, South Africa and decolonization in Southern Africa, the Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, the end of the Vietnam War, the aftermath of the war between Bangladesh and Pakistan and other regional issues.
This was the first meeting in which Grenada participated.

Participants

The following nations were represented:
NationNamePosition
Michael Manley Prime Minister
Gough WhitlamPrime Minister
Lynden PindlingPrime Minister
Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPresident
Errol BarrowPrime Minister
Sir Seretse KhamaPresident
Pierre TrudeauPrime Minister
Makarios IIIPresident
Sir Kamisese MaraPrime Minister
Sir Dawda JawaraPresident
Kwame BaahCommissioner for Foreign Affairs
Eric GairyPrime Minister
Forbes BurnhamPrime Minister
Indira GandhiPrime Minister
Daniel arap MoiVice President
Leabua JonathanPrime Minister
Dick MatenjeMinister of Finance
Abdul Razak HusseinPrime Minister
Dom MintoffPrime Minister
Sir Seewoosagur RamgoolamPrime Minister
Bill RowlingPrime Minister
Yakubu GowonHead of the Federal Military Government
Siaka StevensPresident
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister
Lee Kuan YewPrime Minister
Makhosini DlaminiPrime Minister
Julius NyererePresident
Fatafehi TuʻipelehakePrime Minister
Kamaluddin MohammedMinister of Health and Leader of the House of Representatives
Khalid Younis KinenePermanent Representative to the UN
Harold WilsonPrime Minister
Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu IIPrime Minister
Kenneth KaundaPresident