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Executive Board members

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND TERM OF OFFICE

The Executive Board is composed of 34 persons who are technically qualified in the field of health, each designated by a Member State that has been elected to serve by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.

The affiliations appear in the style and the language used by the corresponding member of the Board.

BAHAMAS 2007-2010
Dr M. Dahl-Regis
Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health
Nassau New Providence

BANGLADESH 2008-2011
Professor A.F.M.R. Haque
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Dhaka

BRAZIL 2008-2011
Dr P.M. Buss
President, Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz
Manguinhos
Rio De Janeiro

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 2009-2012
Mr P.D.S. Osman
Minister of Health
Bandar Seri Bagwan

BURUNDI 2009-2012
Dr N. Birintanya
Directeur général de la Santé publique
Ministère de la Santé
Bujumbura

CANADA 2009-2012
Dr K. Dodds
Assistant Deputy Minister
Health Policy Branch
Health Canada
Ottawa

CHILE 2009-2012
Dr F. Muñoz
Attaché, Permanent Representative
Geneva

ESTONIA 2009-2012
Dr M. Jesse
Director, National Institute for Health Development
Tallinn

FRANCE 2009-2012
M. D. Houssin
Directeur général de la Santé
Ministère de la Santé et des Sports
Paris

GERMANY 2009-2012
Dr E. Seeba
Head, Central Directorate General
European and International Policy Issues
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Berlin

HUNGARY 2008-2011
Dr M. Kökény
President of the Health Committee of the National Assembly
Budapest

INDIA 2009-2012
Mr N. Dayal
Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
New Delhi

INDONESIA 2007-2010
Dr S.F. Supari
Minister of Health
Jakarta

JAPAN 2009-2012
Dr S. Omi
Professor, Jichi Medical University
Tochigi

MALAWI 2007-2010
Dr K. Kamoto
Head of HIV/AIDS Unit
Ministry of Health
Lilongwe

MAURITANIA 2008-2011
Maître M.A. Ould Siyam
Ministre de la Santé
Nouakchott

MAURITIUS 2008-2011
Dr N. Gopee
Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health and Quality of Life
Port Louis

NEW ZEALAND 2007-2010
Mr T. Ryall
Minister of Health
Wellington

NIGER 2008-2011
Dr A. Djibo
Directeur Général de la Santé publique
Ministère de la Santé publique
Niamey

OMAN 2008-2011
Dr A.J. Mohamed
Advisor, Health Affairs
Ministry of Health
Muscat

PARAGUAY 2007-2010
Dr E. Giménez Caballero
Viceministro de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
Asunción

PERU 2007-2010
Sr. C. Vallejos
Ministro de Salud
Lima

REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2007-2010
Professor Sohn Myongsei
Vice-President, Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
Seoul

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 2007-2010
Dr I. Ababii
Rector, Moldova Medical University
Chisinau

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2008-2011
Dr V. I. Starodubov
Director, Central Research Institute of Health Management and Information Systems
Ministry of Health and Social Development
Moscow

SAMOA 2008-2011
Mrs G.A. Gidlow
Minister of Health
Apia

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2007-2010
Dr J.A.N. dos Ramos
Directrice du Cabinet du Ministre de la Santé
Ministère de la Santé
Sao Tomé

SERBIA 2009-2012
Dr T. Milosavljević
Minister of Health
Belgrade

SOMALIA 2009-2012
Dr Q.A. Ali
Minister of Health
Mogadishu

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 2009-2012
Dr R. Said
Minister of Health
Damascus

TUNISIA 2007-2010
Dr H. Abdesselem
Directeur général, Unité de la Coopération technique
Ministère de la Santé publique
Tunis

UGANDA 2008-2011
Dr S. Zaramba
Director-General, Health Services
Ministry of Health
Entebbe

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2007-2010
Dr A.A. Bin Shakar
Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health
Abu Dhabi

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 2007-2010
Sir Liam Donaldson
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health
London