Margaret Chan President

This is a Chinese name; Fung is the maiden name and Chan is the married name.Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, OBE MD, DSc, MScPH, FFPHM, JP (born 1947 in Hong Kong) is the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Chan was elected by the Executive Board of WHO on 8 November 2006, and was endorsed in a special meeting of the World Health Assembly on the following day. Chan has previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003), representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006). As of 2014, she is ranked as the 30th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes.

Personal facts

Margaret Chan
Alias (AKA)Chan Fung Fu-chun Margaret (full name); 陳馮富珍 (traditional Chinese); 陈冯富珍 (simplified Chinese)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1947
Birth place
Hong Kong , British Hong Kong
Nationality
United Kingdom national
Canadian nationality law
Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China

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External resources

  1. http://english.people.com.cn/200611/08/eng20061108_319651.html
  2. http://margaretchan.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/jl/default.htm
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6128220.stm
  4. http://time.blogs.com/global_health/2006/07/whos_next_at_wh.html
  5. http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/hw/2002symposium/speaker/margaret
  6. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061108%5cACQDJON200611081018DOWJONESDJONLINE000847.htm&
  7. http://www.who.int/dg/chan/en/index.html
  8. http://www.who.int/dg/en
  9. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/dgelection/en/index.html
  10. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2012/dg_20120118/en/index.html