Political Leaders: World Health Organization (WHO)

Leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO)

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Note: the World Health Organization (WHO) was established on April 7, 1948.

Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Directors-general

George Brock Chisholm     21 Jul 1948 - 21 Jul 1953 (†1971) Canada
Marcolino Gomes Candau    21 Jul 1953 - 21 Jul 1973 (†1983) Brazil
Halfdan T. Mahler         21 Jul 1973 - 21 Jul 1988 (†2016) Denmark
Hiroshi Nakajima          21 Jul 1988 - 21 Jul 1998 (†2013) Japan
Gro Harlem Brundtland     21 Jul 1998 - 21 Jul 2003         Norway
Lee Jong Wook             21 Jul 2003 - 22 May 2006 (†2006) South Korea
Anders Nordström          22 May 2006 -  4 Jan 2007         Sweden (acting)
Margaret Chan              4 Jan 2007 -  1 Jul 2017         China
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 1 Jul 2017 -                     Ethiopia