Below is a list with each secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications.[1][2][3][needs update] The secretary general is OPEC's chief executive officer.
List of OPEC secretaries general
No.
Name
Country
Tenure
01
Fuad Rouhani[A]
Iran[B]
21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964
02
Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz[A]
Iraq[B]
1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965
03
Ashraf T. Lutfi
Kuwait[B]
1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966
04
Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar
Saudi Arabia[B]
1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967
05
Francisco R. Parra
Venezuela[B]
1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968
06
Elrich Sanger
Indonesia
1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969
07
Omar el-Badri
Libya
1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970
08
Nadim al-Pachachi
Iraq
1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972
09
Abderrahman Khène
Algeria
1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974
10
M.O. Feyide
Nigeria
1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976
11
Ali M. Jaidah
Qatar
1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978
12
René G. Ortiz
Ecuador
1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981
13
Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema
Gabon
1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983
14
Mana Al Otaiba[C]
United Arab Emirates
19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983
15
Kamel Hassan Maghur[C]
Libya
1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984
16
Subroto[C]
Indonesia
31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985
17
Arturo Hernández Grisanti[C]
Venezuela
1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986
18
Rilwanu Lukman[C]
Nigeria
1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988
19
Subroto
Indonesia
1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994
20
Abdallah Salem el-Badri
Libya
1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994
21
Rilwanu Lukman
Nigeria
1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000
22
Alí Rodríguez Araque
Venezuela
1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002
23
Álvaro Silva Calderón
Venezuela
1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003
24
Purnomo Yusgiantoro
Indonesia
1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004
25
Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Kuwait
1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
26
Edmund Daukoru
Nigeria
1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006
27
Abdallah Salem el-Badri
Libya
1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016
28
Mohammed Barkindo[D]
Nigeria
1 Aug 2016 – 5 Jul 2022
29
Haitham al-Ghais
Kuwait
5 Jul 2022 –
^ abThe first two secretaries general were Chairs of the Board of Governors in OPEC, and ex-officio secretaries general. The functions of the two positions were separated prior to the appointment of Secretary General Lutfi, in May 1965.
^ abcdeThe first five secretaries general were chosen to represent OPEC's founding countries in alphabetical order, and then each of the next eight members took their turn. Only Angola, the last country to join OPEC (2007), has not yet held the position.
^ abcdeDue to political disagreements over the Secretary General position during the Iran–Iraq War, OPEC between mid-1983 and mid-1988 was led by Presidents with a mandate to supervise the Secretariat.
^Died in office
^Secretaries General of OPEC (August 2020). https://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/publications/SGs_booklet_2020_(for_web).pdf. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. pp. 1–66. {{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
^"Secretaries General of OPEC 1961–2008" (PDF). OPEC. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^"OPEC 169th Meeting concludes". OPEC (Press release). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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