Question: Who was recently elected as the new Director General of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)?
(a) Dr. Margaret Chan
(b) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
(c) Dr. Lin Don
(d) Antony Lake
Ans: (b)
Related facts:-
- On May 23, 2017, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was appointed the new Director General of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).
- He was nominated by Ethiopian government.
- He will take charge on July 1, 2017, which will be of 5 years.
- He served as the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia during the year 2012-16 and the Health Minister during 2005-12.
- In this post, he will replace Dr. Margaret Chan, who has been the Director General of WHO since January 1, 2007.
- The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations, which was established on April 7, 1948.
- Its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
Related links:-
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/director-general-elect/en/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/health/tedros-world-health-organization-director-general.html?_r=0
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/who-gets-a-new-chief-ethiopias-dr-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus/article9711411.ece
http://hindi.cri.cn/1153/2017/05/23/1s214585.htm