Secretary-General of ASEAN

Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Incumbent Lim Jock Hoi since 1 January 2018
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; 45 years ago (1976-06-07)

The Secretary-General of ASEAN is the chief administrative officer of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He or she is appointed by the ASEAN Summit that elected from among nationals of the ASEAN member states based on alphabetical order for a period of five years.

Secretaries-General[]

This is a list of the Secretaries-General of ASEAN.

Secretaries-General of ASEAN[1][2]
Name	Time	Country
Hartono Dharsono	7 June 1976 – 18 February 1978	Indonesia
	19 February 1978 – 30 June 1978	Indonesia
	10 July 1978 – 30 June 1980	Malaysia
Narciso G. Reyes	1 July 1980 – 1 July 1982	Philippines
	18 July 1982 – 15 July 1984	Singapore
Phan Wannamethee	16 July 1984 – 15 July 1986	Thailand
	16 July 1986 – 16 July 1989	Brunei
Rusli Noor	17 July 1989 – 1 January 1993	Indonesia
Ajit Singh	1 January 1993 – 31 December 1997	Malaysia
Rodolfo Severino Jr.	1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002	Philippines
Ong Keng Yong	1 January 2003 – 31 December 2007	Singapore
Surin Pitsuwan	1 January 2008 – 31 December 2012	Thailand
Lê Lương Minh	1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017	Vietnam
Lim Jock Hoi	1 January 2018 – present	Brunei

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