| Post: | Secretary-General |
| Body: | the East African Community |
| Insignia: | Emblem of East African Community.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the East African Community |
| Incumbent: | Veronica Nduva |
| Incumbentsince: | 7 June 2024 |
| Department: | East African Community East African Community Secretariat |
| Residence: | Arusha, Tanzania |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Formation: | July 2000 |
| Inaugural: | Francis Muthaura |
| Deputy: | Deputy Secretary-General |
This is a list of the secretaries-general of the East African Community since the re-established East African Community, after the EAC Treaty 1999 came into force in July 2000.[1] Since then there have been five secretaries-general appointed by the relevant heads of state. Both the secretary-general position and the chairman position is appointed on a rotational basis by the respective partner states. The secretary-general has to be a deputy secretary-general to be appointed and at a time, there are four deputy secretaries in place.
| President | Nationality | Term of office | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № | Portrait | Name(Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | |||
| 1 | Francis Muthaura(1946–) | July 2000 | 5 April 2001 | [2] | ||||
| 2 | Amanya Mushega(1946–) | 5 April 2001 | 4 April 2006 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Juma Mwapachu(1942–) | 4 April 2006 | 19 April 2011 | [4] | ||||
| 4 | Richard Sezibera(1964–) | 19 April 2011 | 2 March 2016 | [5] | ||||
| 5 | Libérat Mfumukeko(1964–) | 2 March 2016 | 2 March 2021 | [6] | ||||
| 6 | Peter Mathuki(1969–) | 2 March 2021 | 7 June 2024 | [7] | ||||
| 6 | Veronica Nduva(1969–) | 7 June 2024 | 1(as of) | [8] | ||||
A deputy secretary-general is appointed by the summit on a three-year term renewable once. Each nation will have one deputy secretary-general except the nation at which the secretary-general hails from.