List of secretaries general of OPEC explained

Below is a list with each secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications.^{[1] [2] [3]} The secretary general is OPEC's chief executive officer.

List of OPEC secretaries general!No.!!Name!!Country!!Tenure

1			21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964
2			1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965
3			1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966
4			1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967
5			1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968
6			1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969
7			1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970
8		Iraq	1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972
9			1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974
10			1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976
11			1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978
12			1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981
13			1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983
14			19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983
15			1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984
16			31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985
17			1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986
18			1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988
19			1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994
20			1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994
21			1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000
22			1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002
23			1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003
24			1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004
25		Kuwait	1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
26			1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006
27			1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016
28			1 Aug 2016 – 5 Jul 2022
29	Haitham al-Ghais	Kuwait	5 Jul 2022 –

Notes and References

1. Book: Secretaries General of OPEC . https://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/publications/SGs_booklet_2020_(for_web).pdf . August 2020 . Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries . 1–66 . English .
2. Web site: Secretaries General of OPEC 1961–2008 . OPEC . 7 December 2015.
3. OPEC 169th Meeting concludes . OPEC . 2 June 2016 . 2 June 2016.