Secretaries General
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is appointed to a three-year term by the leaders of the member states. The Secretary General reports directly to the national leaders and the Forum Officials' Committee (FOC). The Secretary General also automatically serves as the permanent chairman of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP).
- Tuiloma Neroni Slade (Samoa) 13 October 2008 - present
- Feleti Teo (Tuvalu) (acting) 2 May 2008 - 13 October 2008
- Greg Urwin (Australia) 16 May 2004 – 2 May 2008 (resigned)
- Noel Levi (Papua New Guinea) February 1998 – 16 May 2004
- Ieremia Tabai (Kiribati) January 1992 – January 1998
- Henry Naisali (Tuvalu) September 1988 – January 1992
Directors of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation
- Henry Naisali (Tuvalu) January 1986 – September 1988
- Mahe Tupouniua (Tonga) January 1983 – January 1986
- John Sheppard (Australia) (acting) 1982 – January 1983
- Gabriel Gris (Papua New Guinea) 1980–1982 (died in office)
- Mahe Tupouniua (Tonga) November 1972 – 1980
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