The Secretary-General of ASEAN is appointed by the ASEAN Summit for a non-renewable term of office of five years, selected from among nationals of the ASEAN Member States based on alphabetical rotation.
The Secretary-General of ASEAN 2013 -2017 is H.E. Le Luong Minh from Viet Nam.
Find out more about the Secretary-General of ASEAN from Article 11 of the ASEAN Charter.