Secretary-General of ASEAN
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The secretary-general of ASEAN is the chief administrative officer of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The secretary-general must come from an ASEAN member state and will be appointed during the ASEAN Summit based on the alphabetical order of member states.[1] The term of office is five years.[2]
Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations | |
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since 1 January 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | ASEAN Secretariat |
Seat | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Appointer | ASEAN Summit |
Term length | Five years, non-renewable |
Constituting instrument | ASEAN Charter |
Inaugural holder | Hartono Dharsono |
Formation | 7 June 1976 |
List of secretaries-general
edit# | Term | Portrait | Name | Country |
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1 | 7 June 1976 – 18 February 1978 |
Hartono Dharsono (1925–1996) |
Indonesia | |
2 | 19 February 1978 – 30 June 1978 |
Umarjadi Njotowijono | Indonesia | |
3 | 10 July 1978 – 30 June 1980 |
Ali Abdullah | Malaysia | |
4 | 1 July 1980 – 1 July 1982 |
Narciso G. Reyes (1914–1996) |
Philippines | |
5 | 18 July 1982 – 15 July 1984 |
Chan Kai Yau (born 1930) |
Singapore | |
6 | 16 July 1984 – 15 July 1986 |
Phan Wannamethee (born 1923) |
Thailand | |
7 | 16 July 1986 – 16 July 1989 |
Roderick Yong | Brunei | |
8 | 17 July 1989 – 1 January 1993 |
Rusli Noor (born 1927) |
Indonesia | |
9 | 1 January 1993 – 31 December 1997 |
Ajit Singh (born 1939) |
Malaysia | |
10 | 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002 |
Rodolfo Severino Jr. (1936–2019) |
Philippines | |
11 | 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2007 |
Ong Keng Yong (born 1954) |
Singapore | |
12 | 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2012 |
Surin Pitsuwan (1949–2017) |
Thailand | |
13 | 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017 |
Lê Lương Minh (born 1952) |
Vietnam | |
14 | 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2022 |
Lim Jock Hoi (born 1951) |
Brunei | |
15 | 1 January 2023 – present |
Kao Kim Hourn (born 1966) |
Cambodia |
References
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