List of Secretaries General of OPEC
Below is a list with each Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications.

List of Secretaries General of OPEC

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Table Section Text: Below is a list with each Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications.

No.	Name	Country	Tenure

1	Fuad Rouhani	Iran	21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964

2	Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz	Iraq	1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965

3	Ashraf T. Lutfi	Kuwait	1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966

4	Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar	Saudi Arabia	1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967

5	Francisco R. Parra	Venezuela	1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968

6	Elrich Sanger	Indonesia	1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969

7	Omar el-Badri	Libya	1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970

8	Nadim al-Pachachi	Emirate of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972

9	Abderrahman Khène	Algeria	1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974

10	M.O. Feyide	Nigeria	1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976

11	Ali M. Jaidah	Qatar	1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978

12	René G. Ortiz	Ecuador	1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981

13	Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema	Gabon	1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983

14	Mana Al Otaiba	United Arab Emirates	19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983

15	Kamel Hassan Maghur	Libya	1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984

16	Subroto	Indonesia	31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985

17	Arturo Hernández Grisanti	Venezuela	1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986

18	Rilwanu Lukman	Nigeria	1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988

19	Subroto	Indonesia	1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994

20	Abdallah Salem el-Badri	Libya	1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994

21	Rilwanu Lukman	Nigeria	1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000

22	Alí Rodríguez Araque	Venezuela	1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002

23	Álvaro Silva Calderón	Venezuela	1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003

24	Purnomo Yusgiantoro	Indonesia	1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004

25	Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Kuwait	1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

26	Edmund Daukoru	Nigeria	1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006

27	Abdallah Salem el-Badri	Libya Libya	1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016

28	Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo	Nigeria	1 Aug 2016 –

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Fuad Rouhani served as the first Secretary-General of OPEC between 21 January 1961 and 30 April 1964.

final_sentence: Fuad Rouhani served as the first Secretary-General of OPEC between 21 January 1961 and 30 April 1964.