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A director general, general director or director-general (plural: directors general, general directors, directors-general, director generals or director-generals [1] [2] [3]) is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. The term is commonly ...
Candidates for Director-General can be proposed by Member States, then nominated by the executive board and appointed by the World Health Assembly. [5]The appointment process begins more than one year prior to the May vote, when the World Health Organization sends out a letter informing Member States that the nomination process has begun.
Directors General Country 1952–1954 Edoardo Amaldi (Secretary-General) [1] Italy: 1954–1955 Felix Bloch [2] Switzerland: 1955–1960 Cornelis Bakker Netherlands: 1960–1961 John Adams (acting director) United Kingdom: 1961–1965 Victor Frederick Weisskopf United States: 1966–1970 Bernard Gregory France: 1971–1975 Willibald Jentschke ...
AbuZayd is a current member of the Board of Directors at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington D.C.. Peter Hansen (Denmark) - Commissioner-General from 1996 to 2005, appointed by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Hansen joined the United Nations as Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning and Coordination. Between ...
The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC. The post-holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period 1927 to 2007) and then the BBC Trust (from 2007 to 2017). Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the BBC Board.
The director-general supervises the WTO secretariat of about 700 staff and is appointed by WTO members for a term of four years. [ 1 ] The post of Director-General had been vacant since 31 August 2020, [ 2 ] after the resignation of Roberto Azevêdo of Brazil who had held the post since 1 September 2013. [ 3 ]
Category for director-generals of the World Health Organization Pages in category "World Health Organization directors-general" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Director General is a current or former Foreign Service Officer, appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [1] Since November 23, 1975, under a Departmental administrative action, the Director General has concurrently held the title of Director of the Bureau of Global Talent Management. [2]