Secretary-General of ASEAN

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Secretary-General of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Incumbent
Kao Kim Hourn
since 1 January 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceASEAN Secretariat
SeatJakarta, Indonesia
AppointerASEAN Summit
Term lengthFive years, non-renewable
Constituting instrumentASEAN Charter
Inaugural holderHartono Dharsono
Formation7 June 1976; 47 years ago (1976-06-07)

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]

List of secretaries-general[edit]

# Term Portrait Name Country
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 [ms]
(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

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