Haitham al-Ghais ( ar, هيثم الغيص; born October 1969) is a Kuwaiti oil executive who currently serves as the

Secretary 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. References

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. Al-Ghais was unanimously appointed by representatives of

OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headquart ...

member states on 1 January 2022. He was to take office in Vienna on 1 August, but took over early following the death of Nigerian politician

Mohammad Barkindo Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (20 April 1959 – 5 July 2022) was a Nigerian politician. From 1 August 2016 until his death, he was the Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. He helped to create the OPEC+ alli ...

on 5 July.

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