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 -