Jong-Wook Lee
Korean Name
Revised Romanization	I Jong-uk
McCune-Reischauer	Yi Chong-uk
Hangul	이종욱
Hanja	李鍾郁

Lee Jong-wook of South Korea is the Director-General of the World Health Organization. He received the post on July 21, 2003; having previously served as the organization's tuberculosis program head. He succeeded Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway.

Quotes

• "In a world marked by unacceptable health inequalities, we will emphasize those programs that benefit the poorest and most vulnerable communities." (Waddington 7-21-03)

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• New WHO Head: official UN Chronicle on-line