| Director-General of the World Health Organization | |
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| Style | Honourable |
| Status | Head of World Health |
| Member of | World Health Organization |
| Reports to | World Health Assembly |
| Nominator | Executive Board |
| Appointer | World Health Assembly |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable |
| Formation | 7 April 1948 |
| First holder | Brock Chisholm |
| Deputy | Deputy Director-General |
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the chief executive officer of the World Health Organization and the principal advisor to the United Nations on matters pertaining global health. The director general is elected by and answers to the World Health Assembly (WHA).[1] The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017,[2] and re-appointed on 24 May 2022.[3] The Director-General also leads the World Health Organization Secretariat and is also the ex-officio Secretary of the World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization Executive Board, and of all commissions and committees, and conferences convened by the Organization.[4]
- ^ "WHO Governance". WHO.
- ^ "World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General". WHO.
- ^ "Tedros re-elected to lead the World Health Organization". UN News. 24 May 2022.
- ^ Constitution of the World Health Organization Basic Documents, 45th edition, Supplement, October 2006 Archived 21 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine