It is the Third Body of the OIC and the Organization's Executive organ. It was established by the First Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Muharram 1390H (February 1970).
It carries out duties entrusted to it by the Conference under the Charter, the Rules and Regulations of the Organization and as instructed within the framework of action plans adopted by the Conference and the Secretary General. It assists subsidiary organs and specialized bodies in carrying out their tasks and it coordinates their programmes. It supervises the implementation of resolutions and recommendations of the Summits and the Islamic Conferences of Foreign Ministers.
The Secretary General:
The General Secretariat is headed by a Secretary General appointed by the Foreign Ministers Conference for a period of four years renewable once only. He is assisted by four Assistant Secretaries General, who are also elected.
As the highest authority of the General Secretariat and subsidiary organs, the Secretary General is responsible to the Conference for their work and submits reports to the Conference on the execution of his duties.
In the exercise of his duties, the Secretary General is assisted by Assistant Secretaries General, officials and experts.
The personalities having been elected OIC Secretaries General since the establishment of the Organization are the following:
- H.R.H. Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia) 1971-1973
- H.E. Hassan Al-Touhami (Egypt) 1974-1975
- H.E. Dr. Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal) 1975-1979
- H.E. Mr. Habib Chatty (Tunisia) 1979-1984
- H.E. Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (Pakistan) 1985-1988
- H.E. Dr. Hamid Algabid (Niger) 1989-1996
- H.E. Dr. Azeddine Laraki (Morocco) 1997-2000
- H.E. Dr. Abdelouahed BELKEZIZ (Morocco) 2001-2004
- H.E.Prof. Dr. EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU (Turkey) 2005
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