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Below is a list with each [[secretary general]] of the [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries]] (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |title=Secretaries General of OPEC |url=https://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/publications/SGs_booklet_2020_(for_web).pdf |date=August 2020 |publisher=Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |pages=1–66 |language=English }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Secretaries General of OPEC 1961–2008 |url=http://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/50th_anniversary/Secretaries_General.pdf |work=OPEC |accessdate=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=OPEC 169th Meeting concludes |url=http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/press_room/3487.htm |work=OPEC |date=2 June 2016 |accessdate=2 June 2016}}</ref>{{update inline|date=July 2022}} The secretary general is OPEC's [[chief executive officer]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of OPEC secretaries general
!No.!!Name!!Country!!Tenure
|-
|{{0}}1 ||[[Fuad Rouhani]]{{efn-ua|name=ex-officio}} ||{{flag|Iran|1925}}{{efn-ua|name=founders}} ||21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964
|-
|{{0}}2 ||[[Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz]]{{efn-ua|name=ex-officio}} ||{{flag|Iraq|1963}}{{efn-ua|name=founders}} ||1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965
|-
|{{0}}3 ||[[Ashraf T. Lutfi]] ||{{flag|Kuwait}}{{efn-ua|name=founders}} ||1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966
|-
|{{0}}4 ||[[Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar]] ||{{flag|Saudi Arabia|1938}}{{efn-ua|name=founders}} ||1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967
|- We Had Base Well Position And Best Productivity Too
|{{0}}5 ||[[Francisco R. Parra]] ||{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}{{efn-ua|name=founders}} ||1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968
|-
|{{0}}6 ||[[Elrich Sanger]] ||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969
|-
|{{0}}7 ||[[Omar el-Badri]] ||{{flag|Libya|1969}} ||1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970
|-
|{{0}}8 ||[[Nadim al-Pachachi]] ||{{flag|Iraq|1963}}||1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972
|-
|{{0}}9 ||[[Abderrahman Khène]] ||{{flag|Algeria}} ||1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974
|-
|10 ||[[M.O. Feyide]] ||{{flag|Nigeria}} ||1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976
|-
|11 ||[[Ali M. Jaidah]] ||{{flag|Qatar}} ||1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978
|-
|12 ||[[René G. Ortiz]] ||{{flag|Ecuador}} ||1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981
|-
|13 ||[[Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema]] ||{{flag|Gabon}} ||1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983
|-
|14 ||[[Mana Al Otaiba]]{{efn-ua|name=mandate}} ||{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} ||19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983
|-
|15 ||[[Kamel Maghur|Kamel Hassan Maghur]]{{efn-ua|name=mandate}} ||{{flag|Libya|1977}} ||1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984
|-
|16 ||[[Subroto (politician)|Subroto]]{{efn-ua|name=mandate}} ||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985
|-
|17 ||[[Arturo Hernández Grisanti]]{{efn-ua|name=mandate}} ||{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} ||1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986
|-
|18 ||[[Rilwanu Lukman]]{{efn-ua|name=mandate}} ||{{flag|Nigeria}} ||1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988
|-
|19 ||[[Subroto (politician)|Subroto]] ||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994
|-
|20 ||[[Abdallah Salem el-Badri]] ||{{flag|Libya|1977}} ||1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994
|-
|21 ||[[Rilwanu Lukman]] ||{{flag|Nigeria}} ||1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000
|-
|22 ||[[Alí Rodríguez Araque]] ||{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} ||1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002
|-
|23 ||[[Álvaro Silva Calderón]] ||{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} ||1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003
|-
|24 ||[[Purnomo Yusgiantoro]] ||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004
|-
|25 ||[[Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah]] ||{{flag|Kuwait}}||1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
|-
|26 ||[[Edmund Daukoru]] ||{{flag|Nigeria}} ||1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006
|-
|27 ||[[Abdallah Salem el-Badri]] ||{{flagicon|Libya|1977}} {{flag|Libya}} ||1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016
|-
|28 ||[[Mohammed Barkindo]]{{efn-ua|name=dio}} ||{{flag|Nigeria}} ||1 Aug 2016 – 5 Jul 2022
|-
|29
|[[Haitham al-Ghais]]
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|5 Jul 2022 –
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist-ua|refs=
{{efn-ua|name=ex-officio|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.}}
{{efn-ua|name=founders|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.}}
{{efn-ua|name=mandate|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.}}
{{efn-ua|name=dio|[[Death in office|Died in office]]}}
}}

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