Leaders of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
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The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established on May 3, 1960. Current members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Secretaries-general 

Frank Edward Figgures   1 Sep 1960 - 31 Oct 1965 (†1990) United Kingdom
John Coulson            1 Nov 1965 -  5 May 1972 (†1997) United Kingdom
Bengt Rabaeus           6 May 1972 - 30 Nov 1975 (†2010) Sweden
Cornelio Sommaruga      1 Dec 1975 - 31 Dec 1975         Switzerland (interim)
Charles Müller          1 Jan 1976 - 30 Sep 1981 (†2015) Switzerland
Magnus Vahlquist        1 Oct 1981 - 30 Nov 1981         Sweden (interim)
Per Kleppe              1 Dec 1981 - 15 Apr 1988 (†2021) Norway
Georg Reisch           16 Apr 1988 - 31 Aug 1994         Austria
Kjartan Jóhannsson      1 Sep 1994 - 31 Aug 2000         Iceland
William Rossier         1 Sep 2000 - 31 Aug 2006         Switzerland
Kĺre Bryn               1 Sep 2006 - 31 Aug 2012         Norway
Kristinn F. Árnason     1 Sep 2012 - 31 Aug 2018         Iceland
Henri Gétaz            31 Aug 2018 -                     Switzerland
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