Secretary General of the Arab League
This is a list of the secretaries-general of the Arab League since its founding in 1945.
List of secretaries-general
| No. | Image | Secretary-General Birth–Death |
Took office | Left office | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul Rahman Azzam (1893–1976) |
22 March 1945 | September 1952 | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt | |
| 2 | Abdul Khalek Hassouna (1898–1992) |
September 1952 | 1 June 1972 | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png){kind=small} Egypt | |
| 3 | .jpg) |
Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992) |
1 June 1972 | March 1979 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 (1935–2024) |
1 July 2011 | 3 July 2016 | Egypt |
| 8 |  |
Ahmed Aboul Gheit[1] (1942–present) |
3 July 2016 | 1 July 2026 | Egypt |
| 9 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Nabil Fahmy[2]
|
1 July 2026 | Egypt |
References
- ↑ "Aboul Gheit, Chief Of Arab League". State Information Service. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ↑ "Nabil Fahmy takes over Arab League amid calls for stronger regional action". Al-Arab. 2 July 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
