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Composition of the Board
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.
AFRICA
BOTSWANA (2020-2023)
Dr Edwin Dikoloti
Minister of Health and Wellness
Gaborone
ETHIOPIA (2022-2025)
Dr Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin
Minister of Health
Addis Abeba
GHANA (2020-2023)
Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu
Minister for Health
Accra
GUINEA-BISSAU (2020-2023)
Dr Agostinha Mbarco Ndumba
Director General, Prevention and Health Promotion
Ministry of Public Health
Bissau
MADAGASCAR (2020-2023)
Professeur Zely Arivelo Randriamanantany
Ministre de la Santé publique
Antananarivo
RWANDA (2021-2024)
Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi
Minister of Health
Kigali
SENEGAL (2022-2025)
Docteur Marie Khémesse Ngom Ndiaye
Directeur général de la Santé, Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action sociale
Dakar
AMERICAS
BRAZIL (2022-2025)
Mr Tovar da Silva Nunes
Ambassador,Permanent Representative
Geneva
CANADA (2022-2025)
Mr Michael Pearson
Branch Head, Office of International Affairs for the Health Portfolio, Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa
COLOMBIA (2020-2023)
Sr. German Escobar Morales
Viceministro de Salud Pública y Prestación de Servicios
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
Bogota
PARAGUAY (2021-2024)
Dr. Julio César Borba Vargas
Ministro de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
Asuncion
PERU (2021-2024)
Dr. Jorge Antonio López Peña
Ministro de Salud
Lima
United States of America (2022-2025)
To be communicated
Washington DC
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
INDIA (2020-2023)
Mr Rajesh Bhushan
Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
New Delhi
MALDIVES (2022-2025)
Dr Ahmed Naseem
Minister of Health
Malé
TIMOR-LESTE (2021-2024)
Mr Bonifacio Mau Coli Dos Reis
Vice-Minister of Health
Dili
EUROPE
BELARUS (2021-2024)
Dr Dmitry Leonidovich Pinevich
Minister of Health
Minsk
DENMARK (2021-2024)
Dr Søren Brostrøm
Director-General, Danish Health Authority
Copenhagen
FRANCE (2021-2024)
Professeur Jérôme Salomon
Directeur général de la Santé
Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé
Paris
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (2022-2025)
Dr Ala Nemerenco
Minister of Health
Chisnau
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (2020-2023)
Mr Mikhail Albertovič Murashko
Minister of Health
Moscow
SLOVAKIA (2022-2025)
Professor Jozef Šuvada
Prime Minister’s Advisor for Health Policy, Advocacy and Science
Bratislava
SLOVENIA (2021-2024)
Ms Kerstin Vesna Petrič (MD)
Director-General of Public Health Directorate
Ministry of Health
Ljubljana
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (2020-2023)
Professor Chris Whitty
Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Care
London
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
AFGHANISTAN (2021-2024)
Dr Wahid Majrooh
Kabul
MOROCCO (2022-2025)
Dr Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih
Secrétaire général, Ministère de la Santé et de la Protection sociale
Rabat
OMAN (2020-2023)
Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi
Minister of Health
Muscat
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (2021-2024)
Dr Hassan Mohammad Al Ghabbash
Minister of Health
Damascus
YEMEN (2022-2025)
Dr Qasem Mohammed Buhaibah
Minister of Public Health and Population
Sanaa
WESTERN PACIFIC
CHINA (2022-2025)
Ms Yang Zhang
Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, National Health Commission
Beijing
MICRONESIA (2022-2025)
Mr Marcus Samo
Secretary, Department of Health and Social Affairs
Palikir
JAPAN (2021-2024)
Dr Hiroki Nakatani
Advisor for International Affairs
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Tokyo
MALAYSIA (2021-2024)
Mr Khairy Jamaluddin
Minister of Health
Kuala Lumpur
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (2020-2023)
Mr Kim Ganglip
Minister, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Seoul