This is a list of the secretaries-general of the Arab League since its founding in 1945.

List of secretaries-general ImageSecretary-GeneralBirth–DeathTook officeLeft officeNationality1 Abdul Rahman Azzam(1893–1976) 22 March 1945 September 1952 2 Abdul Khalek Hassouna(1898–1992) September 1952 1 June 1972 3 Mahmoud Riad(1917–1992) 1 June 1972 March 1979 4 Chedli Klibi(1925–2020) March 1979 September 1990 5 Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid(1923–2013) 15 May 1991 15 May 2001 6 Amr Moussa(1936–present) 15 May 2001 1 July 2011 7 Nabil Elaraby(1935–2024) 1 July 2011 3 July 2016 8 Ahmed Aboul Gheit(1942–present) 3 July 2016 1 July 2026 9 Nabil Fahmy (1951–present) 1 July 2026

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