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Lee Jong-wook

Lee Jong-wook
Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (d. 2006)

Lee Jong-wook 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.

12 April 1945

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