WHO | Executive Board members

AUSTRALIA (2018-2021)
Ms Glenys Beauchamp
Secretary, Department of Health
Canberra

ALGERIA (2016-2019)
Professeur Mohammed 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 Faiqa bint Saaed Al Saleh
Minister of Health
Manama

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

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
Bujumbura

CHILE (2018-2021)
Mr Emilio Santelices Cuevas
Minister of Health
Santiago

CHINA (2018-2021)
Ms Zhang Yang
Director General, Department of International Cooperation
National Health Commission
Beijing

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

DJIBOUTI (2018-2021)
Dr Saleh Banoita Tourab
Inspecteur général des Services de Santé
Ministère de la Santé
Djibouti

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

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

FINLAND (2018-2021)
Dr Päivi Sillanaukee
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Helsinki

GABON (2018-2021)
M. Martin Essono Ndoutoumou
Directeur général de la Planification des Infrastructures sanitaires et des équipements
Ministère de la Santé
Libreville

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

GERMANY (2018-2021)
Mr Björn Kümmel
Deputy Head of Division Global Health
Federal Ministry of Health
Berlin

INDONESIA (2018-2021)
Professor Dr Nila Farid Moeloek
Minister of Health
Jakarta

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

ISRAEL (2018-2021)
Professor Itamar Grotto
Associate Director General
Ministry of Health
Jerusalem

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

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

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

ROMANIA (2018-2021)
Professor Alexandru Rafila
Personal Adviser for Health Policies of the Minister
Ministry of Health
Bucharest

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

SUDAN (2018-2021)
Mr Bahar Idriss Abugarda
Federal Minister of Health
Khartoum

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

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2018-2021)
To be communicated

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