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List of OPEC secretaries general No. Name Country Tenure 1: Fuad Rouhani [A] Iran [B] 21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964 2: Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz [A] Iraq [B] 1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965 3: Ashraf T. Lutfi Kuwait [B] 1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966 4: Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar Saudi Arabia [B] 1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967 5: Francisco R. Parra Venezuela [B]
In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In Andorra , Iran , and the Vatican City ( Holy See ), a clergy member also acts as the head of state.
The category includes articles about individuals who have served as the secretary general (or the acting secretary general) of OPEC. Pages in category "Secretaries general of OPEC" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
He was also the longest-serving Secretary General of OPEC, holding the position in 1994 and then 2007–2016, a total of 10 years and 1 month. He is a citizen of Libya and resides in Austria. He is married with five children. [1] OPEC selected Nigeria's Mohammed Barkindo to succeed el-Badri as Secretary General, effective 1 August 2016. [2]
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has died, Nigerian authorities and the oil cartel announced Wednesday. Only hours before his death, he'd met with Nigeria ...
OPEC Conference delegates at Swissotel, Quito, Ecuador, December 2010. The OPEC Conference is the supreme authority of the organisation, and consists of delegations normally headed by the oil ministers of member countries. The chief executive of the organisation is the OPEC secretary general. The conference ordinarily meets at the Vienna ...
In January 2022, he was unanimously appointed to a three-year term as OPEC Secretary-General. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Following the 5 July 2022 death of his predecessor, Nigerian politician Mohammed Barkindo , Al-Ghais served as the organization's interim leader ahead of his planned August 2022 start date.
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