Lee Jong-wook President

Lee Jong-wook (12 April 1945 – 22 May 2006) was the director-general of the World Health Organization for three years. He joined the WHO in 1983, working on a variety of projects including the Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunizations and Stop Tuberculosis. He began his term as director-general in 2003. He was the first Korean to lead an international agency. In 2004, he was one of the 100 people who shapes our lives and most powerful people in the world by Time Magazine.