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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 ...
Audrey Azoulay (French pronunciation: [o.dʁɛ a.zu.lɛ]; born 4 August 1972) is a French-Moroccan civil servant and politician who has served as the 11th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017, becoming the second female leader of the organization.
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.
The Biden-Harris Administration is pleased to express its strong support for the candidacy of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director General of the WTO." [59] Okonjo-Iweala was unanimously appointed as the next Director-General on 15 February. [60] She began her career as Director General of the WTO on 1 March 2021. [61]
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]
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 ]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; [1] [a] born 3 March 1965) [2] is an Ethiopian [2] public health official, researcher, [3] diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.
The head of the organization is the director-general, elected by the World Health Assembly. [209] The term lasts for five years, and directors-general are typically appointed in May, when the Assembly meets. The current director-general is Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017. [210]