List of Secretaries General of OPEC - wikipedia 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. The Secretary General is OPEC 's chief executive officer. List of OPEC Secretaries General No. Name Country Tenure Fuad Rouhani Iran 21 Jan 1961 -- 30 Apr 1964 Abdul Rahman al - Bazzaz Iraq 1 May 1964 -- 30 Apr 1965 Ashraf T. Lutfi Kuwait 1 May 1965 -- 31 Dec 1966 Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar Saudi Arabia 1 Jan 1967 -- 31 Dec 1967 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 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 1 Jan 2007 -- 31 Jul 2016 28 Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo Nigeria 1 Aug 2016 -- ^ Jump up to : The first two Secretaries General were Chairs of the Board of Governors in OPEC, and ex-officio Secretaries General. The functions of the two positions were separated prior to the appointment of Secretary General Lutfi, in May 1965. ^ Jump up to : The first five Secretaries General were chosen to represent OPEC 's founding countries in alphabetical order, and then each of the next eight members took their turn. Only Angola, the last country to join OPEC ( 2007 ), has not yet held the position. ^ Jump up to : Due to political disagreements over the Secretary General position during the Iran -- Iraq War, OPEC between mid-1983 and mid-1988 was led by Presidents with a mandate to supervise the Secretariat. References Jump up ^ `` Secretaries General of OPEC 1961 -- 2008 '' ( PDF ). OPEC. Retrieved 7 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` OPEC 169th Meeting concludes ''. OPEC ( Press release ). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Secretaries General of OPEC. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) Algeria Angola Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Nigeria Qatar Republic of the Congo Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Venezuela List of Secretaries General OPEC Fund for International Development OPEC Reference Basket Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Secretaries_General_of_OPEC&oldid=836967089 '' Categories : Lists of politicians Secretaries General of OPEC Secretaries - general Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 April 2018, at 22 : 36 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the current secretary general of opec
Answer: Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo