List of Secretaries General of OPEC

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 –

Question: Did Abdallah Salem el-Badri serve as secretary general of OPEC?
Answer: Abdallah Salem el-Badri served as Secretary General of OPEC, holding the position in 1994 and then 2007–2016.