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 generalNo.NameCountryTenure1 Fuad Rouhani 21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 19642 Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz 1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 19653 Ashraf T. Lutfi 1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 19664 Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar 1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 19675 Francisco R. Parra 1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 19686 Elrich Sanger 1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 19697 Omar el-Badri 1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 19708 Nadim al-Pachachi 1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 19729 Abderrahman Khène 1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 197410 M.O. Feyide 1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 197611 Ali M. Jaidah 1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 197812 René G. Ortiz 1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 198113 Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema 1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 198314 Mana Al Otaiba 19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 198315 Kamel Hassan Maghur 1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 198416 Subroto 31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 198517 Arturo Hernández Grisanti 1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 198618 Rilwanu Lukman 1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 198819 Subroto 1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 199420 Abdallah Salem el-Badri 1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 199421 Rilwanu Lukman 1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 200022 Alí Rodríguez Araque 1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 200223 Álvaro Silva Calderón 1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 200324 Purnomo Yusgiantoro 1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 200425 Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah 1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 200526 Edmund Daukoru 1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 200627 Abdallah Salem el-Badri 1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 201628 Mohammed Barkindo 1 Aug 2016 – 5 Jul 202229Haitham al-Ghais5 Jul 2022 –
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