Marcolino Gomes Candau

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Marcolino Gomes Candau
Candau in 1972
2nd Director-General of the World Health Organization
In office 1953–1973
Secretary General	Dag Hammarskjöld (1953–1961) U Thant (1961–1971) Kurt Waldheim (1972–1981)
Preceded by	Brock Chisholm
Succeeded by	Halfdan T. Mahler
Personal details
Born	(1911-05-30)30 May 1911 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	23 January 1983(1983-01-23) (aged 71) Geneva, Switzerland
Alma mater	Rio de Janeiro State University, Johns Hopkins University

Marcolino Gomes Candau (30 May 1911 – 23 January 1983) was a Brazilian doctor who served as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1953 to 1973.^[1]

He did doctorate and other courses such as MPH, and FRCP before served at WHO.