List of Secretaries General of OPEC

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.

List of OPEC Secretaries General

Name	Country	Tenure	Notes
Fuad Rouhani	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	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	Libya	1 Jul 1994 - 31 Dec 1994
Rilwanu Lukman	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	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	Kuwait	1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Adnan Shihab-Eldin	Kuwait	1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005	Acting for Al Sabah
Edmund Daukoru	Nigeria	1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Mohammed S. Barkindo	Nigeria	1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Abdallah Salem el-Badri	Libya  Libya	1 Jan 2007 -