Lee Jong-wook was the Director-General of the World Health Organization for three years. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and died - while in office - in Geneva, Switzerland. Lee obtained a medical degree from Seoul National University, then enrolled at the University of Hawaii to study public health, earning a Master's degree. He joined the WHO in 1983, working on a variety of projects including the Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunizations and Stop TB. Wikipedia
At the World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003, the 192 Member States elected Dr. Jong-Wook Lee as Director-General of the Organization, succeeding Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland. www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/webArticles/052703_who_ele...
LEE Jong -wook was nominated on 28 January 2003 by the World Health Organization's Executive Board for the post of Director-General of the agency and elected to the post on 21 May by the Member States of WHO for a five-year term. Prior to his work as Dir www.who.int/dg/lee/en/index.html
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