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.	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