Lee Jong-wook

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Lee Jong-wook
이종욱
Lee in 2005
6th Director-General of the World Health Organization
In office 21 July 2003 (2003-07-21) – 22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)
Preceded by	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Succeeded by	Anders Nordström
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-12)12 April 1945 Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	22 May 2006(2006-05-22) (aged 61) Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Resting place	Daejeon National Cemetery, Daejeon, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Hanyang University (B.E.) Seoul National University (MD) University of Hawaii (MMed)
Profession	Physician

Lee Jong-wook (Korean: 이종욱; 12 April 1945 – 22 May 2006) was a South Korean physician. He was the director-general of the World Health Organization for three years. Lee 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 2004, and was the first figure from Korea to lead an international agency.

In 2004, Lee was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.^[1]