Former Director-General: Dr LEE Jong-wook

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 Director-General, Dr Lee was a world leader in the fight against two of the greatest challenges to international health and development - tuberculosis, and vaccine preventable diseases of children.

Dr LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General, died on the morning of 22 May 2006 following a sudden illness.

SPEECHES 59th World Health Assembly Report prepared by Dr Lee to the 59th World Health Assembly Full text All speeches Speeches delivered by Dr Lee since he was nominated for the post of Director-General on 28 January 2003 Full list YEAR IN REVIEW 2005 annual report [pdf 1.84Mb] 2004 annual report [pdf 963kb]

TRAVELOGUES Madagascar, Mauritius and Kenya Pakistan Areas affected by earthquake-tsunami in December 2004 Angola, South Africa and Sudan

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