WHO | Executive Board members

ALGERIA (2016-2019)
Professeur Mohamed L’Hadj
Directeur Général des Services de Santé et de la Réforme Hospitalière
Ministère de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme Hospitalière
Alger

BAHRAIN (2016-2019)
Ms Faeqa bint Saeed Al-Saleh
Minister of Health
Manama

BENIN (2017-2020)
Dr Codjo Didier Agossadou
Secrétaire général, Ministère de la Santé
Porto Novo

BHUTAN (2016-2019)
Lyonpo Tandin Wangchuk
Minister of Health
Thimphu

BRAZIL (2017-2020)
Mrs Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
Permanent Representative
Geneva

BURUNDI (2016-2019)
Dr Josiane Nijimbere
Ministre de la Santé publique et de la Lutte contre le SIDA
Bujumbura

CANADA (2015-2018)
Ms Sarah Lawley
Director General of the Office of International Affairs (OIA) for the Health Portfolio
Ottawa

COLOMBIA (2016-2019)
Dr Luis Fernando Correa Serna
Viceministro de Salud Pública y Prestación de Servicios
Bogotá

CONGO (2015-2018)
Professeur Alexis Elira Dokekias
Directeur général des Hôpitaux et de l’Organisation des Soins
Ministère de la Santé et de la Population
Brazzaville

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (2015-2018)
Dr. Francisco Neftalí Vásquez Bautista
Viceministro de Garantia de la Calidad, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Santo Domingo

FIJI (2016-2019)
Ms Rosy Sofia Akbar
Minister of Health and Medical Services
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Suva

FRANCE (2015-2018)
Professeur Jérôme Salomon
Directeur général de la Santé
Ministère des solidarités et de la santé
Paris

GEORGIA (2017-2020)
Mr David Sergeenko
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
Tbilisi

IRAQ (2017-2020)
Dr Mohammed Jaber Hwoal Al-Taae
Deputy Director, Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health
Baghdad

ITALY (2017-2020)
Professor Gualtiero Ricciardi
President, Italian « Istuto Superiore di Sanità »
Rome

JAMAICA (2016-2019)
Dr Christopher Tufton
Minister of Health
Kingston

JAPAN (2017-2020)
Dr Hiroki Nakatani
Advisor for International Affairs to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Tokyo

JORDAN (2015-2018)
Dr Mahmoud Al-Sheyyab
Minister of Health
Amman

KAZAKHSTAN (2015-2018)
Professor Maksut Kulzhanov
Kazakhstan School of Public Health
Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development
President of the Medical Chamber of Kazakhstan
Astana

LIBYA (2016-2019)
Mr Omar Bashir Al-Taher Mohammed
Minister of Health
Tripoli

MALTA (2015-2018)
Dr Raymond Busuttil
Consultant
Department of Health Regulation, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Ministry for Health
Valleta

MEXICO (2016-2019)
Sra. Hilda Dávila Chávez
Directora General de Relaciones Internacionales de la Secretaría de Salud
Mexico City

NETHERLANDS (2016-2019)
Mr Herbert Barnard
Director, Department of International Affairs, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
The Hague

NEW ZEALAND (2015-2018)
Dr Stewart Jessamine
Director, Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
Wellington

PAKISTAN (2015-2018)
Dr Assad Hafeez
Director General Health
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Islamabad

PHILIPPINES (2015-2018)
Dr Paulyn Jean Rosell Ubial
Manila

SRI LANKA (2017-2020)
Dr Rajitha Senaratne
Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Colombo

SWAZILAND (2017-2020)
Dr Simon Mfanzile Zwane
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health
Lobamba

SWEDEN (2015-2018)
Ms Olivia Wigzell
Director-General
National Board of Health and Welfare
Stockholm

THAILAND (2015-2018)
Dr Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Advisor to the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health
Bangkok

TURKEY (2016-2019)
Dr Bekir Keskinkiliç
Vice President, Public Health Institute of Turkey
Ankara

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (2017-2020)
Dr Mpoki M. Ulisubisya
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Dodoma

VIET NAM (2016-2019)
Dr Nguyen Thi Kim Tien
Minister of Health
Hanoi

ZAMBIA (2017-2020)
Dr Jabbin Mulwanda
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health
Lusaka