List of Secretaries General of OPEC
Name |
Country |
Tenure |
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 |
Dr. Maizar Rahman |
Indonesia |
Feb 2004 - 31 Dec 2004 |
Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
Kuwait |
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005 |
Adnan Shihab-Eldin |
Kuwait |
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005 |
Edmund Daukoru |
Nigeria |
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 |
Mohammed S. Barkindo |
Nigeria |
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 |
Abdallah Salem el-Badri |
Libya |
1 Jan 2007 - |