List of Secretaries General of OPEC
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Below is a list with each Secretary General of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The first two Secretaries General were Chairmen 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 Ashraf Lufti, in May 1965.
| Name | Country | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuad Rouhani Fuad Rouhani Fuad Rouhani was an Iranian administrator. He served as the Secretary-General of OPEC between 21 January 1961 and 30 April 1964.Fuad Rouhani was born in Tehran on October 23, 1907. Rouhani completed his early education in Tehran and went to work in the oil industry, then under British... |
 Iran |
21 Jan 1961-30 Apr 1964 | |
| Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz |  Iraq |
1 May 1964 - 30 Apr 1965 | |
| Ashraf Lutfi |  Kuwait |
1 May 1965 - 31 Dec 1966 | |
| Muhammad Saleh Joukhdar |  Saudi Arabia |
1 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 1967 | |
| Francisco R. Parra |  Venezuela |
1 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1968 | |
| Elrich Sanger |  Indonesia |
1 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1969 | |
| Omar el-Badri |  Libya |
1 Jan 1970 - 31 Dec 1970 | |
| Nadim Pachachi | Iraq |
1 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1972 | |
| Abderrahman Khène |  Algeria |
1 Jan 1973 - 31 Dec 1974 | |
| M.O. Feyide |  Nigeria |
1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1976 | |
| Ali M. Jaidah |  Qatar |
1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1978 | |
| René G. Ortiz |  Ecuador |
1 Jan 1979 - 30 Jun 1981 | |
| Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma is a Gabonese economist and politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries from 1981 to 1983 and has been an opposition politician in Gabon since 1990.... |
 Gabon |
1 Jul 1981 - 30 Jun 1983 | |
| Fadhil J. al-Chalabi | Iraq |
1 Jul 1983 - 30 Jun 1988 | |
| Dr. Subroto | Indonesia |
1 Jul 1988 - 30 Jun 1994 | |
| Abdallah Salem el-Badri Abdallah Salem el-Badri Abdalla Salem el-Badri is Secretary General of OPEC since 2007. He is a citizen of Libya and resides in Austria.El-Badri was born in Ghemmines and studied at the University of Florida. He served as the Libyan Minister for Oil from 1990, the post being expanded to cover electricity in 1993... |
 Libya |
1 Jul 1994 - 31 Dec 1994 | |
| Rilwanu Lukman Rilwanu Lukman Rilwanu Lukman is a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000... |
Nigeria |
1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2000 | |
| Alí Rodríguez Araque | Venezuela |
1 Jan 2001 - 30 Jun 2002 | |
| Álvaro Silva Calderón | Venezuela |
1 Jul 2002 - 31 Dec 2003 | |
| Purnomo Yusgiantoro Purnomo Yusgiantoro Purnomo Yusgiantoro , is a former president-secretary general of OPEC, former Indonesian Minister of Energy for three presidents, and Minister of Defense in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet.... |
Indonesia |
1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2004 | |
| Iin Arifin Takhyan | Indonesia |
1 Jan 2004 - Feb 2004 | Acting for Yusgiantoro |
| Dr. Maizar Rahman | Indonesia |
Feb 2004 - 31 Dec 2004 | Acting for Yusgiantoro |
| Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician and current president of Olympic Council of Asia and also a member of the International Olympic Committee. Al-Sabah was educated at Kuwait University and the Kuwait Military Academy, and attained the rank of major in the Kuwaiti Army... |
Kuwait |
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005 | |
| Adnan Shihab-Eldin Adnan Shihab-Eldin Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin has been Acting for the Secretary General for OPEC . While in this post he was awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic. He joined OPEC as director of the Research Division in August 2001 and is now retired from the Organization... |
Kuwait |
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005 | Acting for Al Sabah |
| Edmund Daukoru Edmund Daukoru Dr. Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru is a former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy and was President of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2006.-Background:... |
Nigeria |
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 | |
| Mohammed S. Barkindo | Nigeria |
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 | |
| Abdallah Salem el-Badri Abdallah Salem el-Badri Abdalla Salem el-Badri is Secretary General of OPEC since 2007. He is a citizen of Libya and resides in Austria.El-Badri was born in Ghemmines and studied at the University of Florida. He served as the Libyan Minister for Oil from 1990, the post being expanded to cover electricity in 1993... |
Libya Libya |
1 Jan 2007 - |