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 - |