This is a list of the secretaries-general of the Arab League since its founding in 1945.
No. | Image | Secretary-General Birth–Death |
Took office | Left office | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Abdul Rahman Azzam (1893–1976) |
22 March 1945 | September 1952 | Egypt | |
2 |
Abdul Khalek Hassouna (1898–1992) |
September 1952 | 1 June 1972 | Egypt | |
3 |
Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992) |
1 June 1972 | March 1979 | Egypt | |
4 |
Chedli Klibi (1925–2020) |
March 1979 | September 1990 | Tunisia | |
5 |
Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (1923–2013) |
15 May 1991 | 15 May 2001 | Egypt | |
6 |
Amr Moussa (1936–present) |
15 May 2001 | 1 July 2011 | Egypt | |
7 |
Nabil Elaraby (1935–present) |
1 July 2011 | 3 July 2016 | Egypt | |
8 |
Ahmed Aboul Gheit (1942–present) |
3 July 2016 | Incumbent | Egypt |
This is a list of the secretaries-general of the Arab League since its founding in 1945.
No. | Image | Secretary-General Birth–Death |
Took office | Left office | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Abdul Rahman Azzam (1893–1976) |
22 March 1945 | September 1952 | Egypt | |
2 |
Abdul Khalek Hassouna (1898–1992) |
September 1952 | 1 June 1972 | Egypt | |
3 |
Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992) |
1 June 1972 | March 1979 | Egypt | |
4 |
Chedli Klibi (1925–2020) |
March 1979 | September 1990 | Tunisia | |
5 |
Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (1923–2013) |
15 May 1991 | 15 May 2001 | Egypt | |
6 |
Amr Moussa (1936–present) |
15 May 2001 | 1 July 2011 | Egypt | |
7 |
Nabil Elaraby (1935–present) |
1 July 2011 | 3 July 2016 | Egypt | |
8 |
Ahmed Aboul Gheit (1942–present) |
3 July 2016 | Incumbent | Egypt |