Director-General of the World Health Organization

Director-General of the World Health Organization
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Incumbent Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus since 1 July 2017
WHO Secretariat
Style	Director-General
Type	Chief administrative officer
Reports to	World Health Assembly
Nominator	Executive Board
Appointer	World Health Assembly
Term length	5 years, renewable
Formation	7 April 1948; 76 years ago (1948-04-07)
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 WHO Secretariat and is also the ex-officio Secretary of the World Health Assembly, the WHO Executive Board, and of all commissions and committees, and conferences convened by the Organization.^[4]