List of directors-general + Directors-General of the WHOName and nationalityYears of tenure  Brock Chisholm 1948– 1953 Marcolino Gomes Candau 1953– 1973 Halfdan T. Mahler 1973– 1988 Hiroshi Nakajima 1988– 1998 Gro Harlem Brundtland 1998– 2004 Lee Jong-wook 2004–2006  Anders Nordström* 2006– 2007 Margaret Chan 2007–2017  Tedros Adhanom2017–present*Appointed acting Director-General following the death of Lee Jong-wook while in office
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