The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of countries.
Member countries of OECD all have a democratic system of government. They also accept the principle of a free economy. A country has a free economy when its government does not control the economic activities of its citizens and companies.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
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Secretariat | Paris, France |
Official languages | English French |
Membership | 38 states
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Leaders | |
• Secretary-General | Mathias Cormann |
Establishment | |
• as the OEECa | 16 April 1948 |
• reformed as the OECD | 30 September 1961 |
Website www.OECD.org | |
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The OECD started 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC). The Second World War had just ended three years before in 1945. Some countries of Europe came together to form OEEC to help each other re-build their industry and other things destroyed in the Second World War. Later on, some non-European countries also joined this organisation. In 1960, OEEC changed its name, and it became OECD: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The OECD's headquarters are at the Château de la Muette in Paris.
No. | Secretary-General | Time served | Country of origin | Notes |
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1 | Thorkil Kristensen | 30 September 1961 – 30 September 1969 | Denmark | |
2 | Emiel van Lennep | 1 October 1969 – 30 September 1984 | Netherlands | |
3 | Jean-Claude Paye | 1 October 1984 – 30 September 1994 | France | |
— | Staffan Sohlman (interim) | 1 October 1994 – November 1994 | Sweden | |
3 | Jean-Claude Paye | November 1994 – 31 May 1996 | France | |
4 | Donald Johnston | 1 June 1996 – 31 May 2006 | Canada | |
5 | José Ángel Gurría | 1 June 2006 – 31 May 2021 | Mexico | |
6 | Mathias Cormann | 1 June 2021 – present | Australia |
OECD has thirty-eight member countries, of which 19 became members in 1961. These countries are:
19 countries joined OECD after 1961. The names of these countries (with the year they joined in brackets), are:
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