| No.,Name,Country,Tenure | |
| 1,Fuad Rouhani,Iran,21 Jan 1961 – 30 Apr 1964 | |
| 2,Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz,Iraq,1 May 1964 – 30 Apr 1965 | |
| 3,Ashraf T. Lutfi,Kuwait,1 May 1965 – 31 Dec 1966 | |
| 4,Mohammad Saleh Joukhdar,Saudi Arabia,1 Jan 1967 – 31 Dec 1967 | |
| 5,Francisco R. Parra,Venezuela,1 Jan 1968 – 31 Dec 1968 | |
| 6,Elrich Sanger,Indonesia,1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1969 | |
| 7,Omar el-Badri,Libya,1 Jan 1970 – 31 Dec 1970 | |
| 8,Nadim al-Pachachi,Emirate of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates,1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1972 | |
| 9,Abderrahman Khène,Algeria,1 Jan 1973 – 31 Dec 1974 | |
| 10,M.O. Feyide,Nigeria,1 Jan 1975 – 31 Dec 1976 | |
| 11,Ali M. Jaidah,Qatar,1 Jan 1977 – 31 Dec 1978 | |
| 12,René G. Ortiz,Ecuador,1 Jan 1979 – 30 Jun 1981 | |
| 13,Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema,Gabon,1 Jul 1981 – 30 Jun 1983 | |
| 14,Mana Al Otaiba,United Arab Emirates,19 Jul 1983 – 31 Dec 1983 | |
| 15,Kamel Hassan Maghur,Libya,1 Jan 1984 – 31 Oct 1984 | |
| 16,Subroto,Indonesia,31 Oct 1984 – 9 Dec 1985 | |
| 17,Arturo Hernández Grisanti,Venezuela,1 Jan 1986 – 30 Jun 1986 | |
| 18,Rilwanu Lukman,Nigeria,1 Jul 1986 – 30 Jun 1988 | |
| 19,Subroto,Indonesia,1 Jul 1988 – 30 Jun 1994 | |
| 20,Abdallah Salem el-Badri,Libya,1 Jul 1994 – 31 Dec 1994 | |
| 21,Rilwanu Lukman,Nigeria,1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 2000 | |
| 22,Alí Rodríguez Araque,Venezuela,1 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2002 | |
| 23,Álvaro Silva Calderón,Venezuela,1 Jul 2002 – 31 Dec 2003 | |
| 24,Purnomo Yusgiantoro,Indonesia,1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004 | |
| 25,Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah,Kuwait,1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2005 | |
| 26,Edmund Daukoru,Nigeria,1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006 | |
| 27,Abdallah Salem el-Badri,Libya Libya,1 Jan 2007 – 31 Jul 2016 | |
| 28,Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo,Nigeria,1 Aug 2016 – | |