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{{Short description|Officer of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox official post
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| post = Secretary-General
| body = the<br />Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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| insigniacaption = Emblem of ASEAN
| termlength = Five years, non-renewable
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = ASEAN Secretariat
| seat = Jakarta, Indonesia
| image = Kao Kim Hourn2023.jpg
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| incumbent = [[Kao Kim Hourn]]
| incumbentsince = 1 January 2023
| inaugural = [[Hartono Dharsono]]
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| constituting_instrument = [[ASEAN Charter]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1976|6|7}}
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| appointer = [[ASEAN Summit]]
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The '''secretary-general of ASEAN''' is the [[chief administrative officer]] of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN). The secretary-general must come from an ASEAN member state and will be appointed during the [[ASEAN Summit]] based on the alphabetical order of member states.<ref>[https://asean.org/what-we-do/secretary-general-of-asean/overview-secretary-general-of-asean/ Term of Appointment and Role of Secretary-General of ASEAN]</ref> The term of office is five years.<ref>[https://asean.org/what-we-do/secretary-general-of-asean/ Secretary-General of ASEAN]</ref>

==List of secretaries-general==
{| class=wikitable
|-
!#
!Term
!Portrait
!Name
!Country
|-
!1
|7 June 1976 –<br />18 February 1978
|[[File:H.R. Dharsono, Siliwangi dari Masa ke Masa, p52.jpg|100px]]
|[[Hartono Dharsono]]<br />{{small|(1925–1996)}}
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
!2
|19 February 1978 –<br />30 June 1978
|[[File:Umarjadi Njotowijono.jpg|100px]]
|[[Umarjadi Njotowijono]]
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
!3
|10 July 1978 –<br />30 June 1980
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|[[Ali Abdullah]]
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|-
!4
|1 July 1980 –<br />1 July 1982
|[[File:FOCR.jpg|100px]]
|[[Narciso G. Reyes]]<br />{{small|(1914–1996)}}
|{{flag|Philippines|1936}}
|-
!5
|18 July 1982 –<br />15 July 1984
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|[[Chan Kai Yau]]<br />{{small|(born 1930)}}
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|-
!6
|16 July 1984 –<br />15 July 1986
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|[[Phan Wannamethee]]<br />{{small|(born 1923)}}
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
!7
|16 July 1986 –<br />16 July 1989
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|[[Roderick Yong]]
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|-
!8
|17 July 1989 –<br />1 January 1993
|[[File:Indonesia Ambassador to Belgium Gusti Roesli Noor.jpg|100px]]
|[[Rusli Noor]]<br />{{small|(born 1927)}}
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
!9
|1 January 1993 –<br />31 December 1997
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|{{ill|Ajit Singh (diplomat)|lt=Ajit Singh|ms|Ajit Singh}}<br />{{small|(born 1939)}}
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|-
!10
|1 January 1998 –<br />31 December 2002
|[[File:ASEAN Flag.svg|100px]]
|[[Rodolfo Severino Jr.]]<br />{{small|(1936–2019)}}
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|-
!11
|1 January 2003 –<br />31 December 2007
|[[File:2017 Halifax International Security Forum (24632137488) (cropped) Ong Keng Yong.jpg|100px]]
|[[Ong Keng Yong]]<br />{{small|(born 1954)}}
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|-
!12
|1 January 2008 –<br />31 December 2012 
|[[File:Pitsuewan.jpg|143x143px]]
|[[Surin Pitsuwan]]<br />{{small|(1949–2017)}}
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
!13
|1 January 2013 –<br />31 December 2017
|[[File:Le Luong Minh.jpg|150x150px]]
|[[Lê Lương Minh]]<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|-
!14
|1 January 2018 –<br />31 December 2022
|[[File:Lim Jock Hoi.jpg|100px]]
|[[Lim Jock Hoi]]<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|-
!15
|1 January 2023 –<br />''present''
|[[File:Kao Kim Hourn 2023.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kao Kim Hourn]]<br />{{small|(born 1966)}}
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Commons category|Secretary Generals of ASEAN}}
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