OPEC Leadership, Secretary‑General Tenures, and Internal Disputes (1960–2000)

1. OPEC founded at Baghdad oil conference

   Sep 14, 1960Labels: OPEC founding, Baghdad

   • Britannica
   • Britannica OPEC

2. OPEC adopts its Statute in Caracas

   Jan 1, 1961Labels: OPEC Statute, Caracas

   • OPEC Statute
   • Britannica

3. Fuad Rouhani begins first Secretary-General term

   Jan 21, 1961Labels: Fuad Rouhani, Secretary-General

   • OPEC SG list
   • Rouhani

4. OPEC signs Host Agreement and moves to Vienna

   Sep 1, 1965Labels: Host Agreement, Vienna

   • Britannica
   • OPEC move

5. OPEC adopts 1968 petroleum policy declaration

   Jun 25, 1968Labels: Declaratory Statement, Vienna

   • OPEC 60 book
   • The National

6. Abderrahman Khène leads during 1973 oil crisis year

   Jan 1, 1973Labels: Abderrahman Kh, 1973 oil

   • OPEC SG list
   • Britannica

7. OPEC issues Algiers Solemn Declaration

   Mar 6, 1975Labels: Algiers Summit, Solemn Declaration

   • US Historian
   • OPEC Declarations

8. OPEC opens OPEC Fund agreement for signature

   Jan 28, 1976Labels: OPEC Fund, Agreement

   • OPEC Fund doc
   • OPEC Fund agreement

9. OPEC’s first quota attempt deepens internal disputes

   Mar 19, 1982Labels: Production quotas, Quota dispute

   • UPI 1982
   • OGJ quotas

10. 1986 Geneva talks break down amid bitter feuding

    Mar 24, 1986Labels: Geneva talks, Price collapse

    • UPI 1986
    • Britannica

11. Subroto begins Secretary-General tenure amid quota diplomacy

    Jul 1, 1988Labels: Subroto, Secretary-General

    • Subroto
    • UPI Subroto

12. Abdallah el-Badri serves short transitional term

    Jul 1, 1994Labels: Abdallah el-Badri, Transitional term

    • El Badri
    • OPEC SG list

13. Rilwanu Lukman leads OPEC through late-1990s cooperation push

    Jan 1, 1995Labels: Rilwanu Lukman, Secretary-General

    • Lukman
    • OPEC SG list

14. OPEC approves major production cuts amid 1998 price slump

    Mar 30, 1998Labels: 1998 production, Price slump

    • CNN 1998
    • Britannica

15. OPEC agrees to 1999 cuts with non-OPEC pledges

    Mar 29, 1999Labels: 1999 cuts, OPEC non-OPEC

    • OGJ 1999
    • CBS AP 1999

16. Caracas summit issues Second Solemn Declaration

    Sep 28, 2000Labels: Caracas Declaration, Caracas Summit

    • OPEC Declarations
    • Caracas text