Governance
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives opening remarks at the high-level welcome to the 76th World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 May 2023.
Governance takes place through the World Health Assembly, which is the supreme decision-making body; and the Executive Board, which gives effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly. The Organization is headed by the Director-General, who is appointed by the Health Assembly on the nomination of the Executive Board.
Meetings in 2026
2–7 February: 158th session of the Executive Board
18–23 May: Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly
May 2026: 159th session of the Executive Board
24–28 August: Regional Committee for Africa: seventy-sixth session
7–10 September: Regional Committee for South-East Asia: seventy-ninth session
28 September – 2 October: Regional Committee for the Americas: seventy-eighth session
13–15 October: Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean: seventy-third session
19–23 October: Regional Committee for the Western Pacific: seventy-seventh session
27–29 October: Regional Committee for Europe: seventy-sixth session
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Director-General
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of WHO, elected by a vote of Member States at the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2017 and re-elected for a second 5-year term on 24 May 2022. The Director-General is WHO's chief technical and administrative officer and oversees the policy for the Organization's international health work. Dr Tedros first took office on 1 July 2017 and began his second term on 16 August 2022.
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