List of secretaries general of OPEC

Below is a list with each secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications. The secretary general is OPEC's chief executive officer.

List of OPEC secretaries general
No.NameCountryTenure
1Fuad Rouhani Iran21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964
2Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz Iraq1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965
3Ashraf T. Lutfi Kuwait1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966
4Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar Saudi Arabia1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967
5Francisco R. Parra Venezuela1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968
6Elrich Sanger Indonesia1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969
7Omar el-Badri Libya1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970
8Nadim al-Pachachi Iraq1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972
9Abderrahman Khène Algeria1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974
10M.O. Feyide Nigeria1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976
11Ali M. Jaidah Qatar1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978
12René G. Ortiz Ecuador1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981
13Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema Gabon1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983
14Mana Al Otaiba United Arab Emirates19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983
15Kamel Hassan Maghur Libya1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984
16Subroto Indonesia31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985
17Arturo Hernández Grisanti Venezuela1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986
18Rilwanu Lukman Nigeria1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988
19Subroto Indonesia1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994
20Abdallah Salem el-Badri Libya1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994
21Rilwanu Lukman Nigeria1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000
22Alí Rodríguez Araque Venezuela1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002
23Álvaro Silva Calderón Venezuela1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003
24Purnomo Yusgiantoro Indonesia1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004
25Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Kuwait1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
26Edmund Daukoru Nigeria1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006
27Abdallah Salem el-Badri  Libya1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016
28Mohammed Barkindo Nigeria1 Aug 2016 – 5 Jul 2022
29 Haitham al-Ghais  Kuwait 5 Jul 2022 –
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