Composition of the Board Members of the Executive Board and Term of Office The Executive Board is composed of 34 persons who are technically qualified in the field of health, each designated by a Member State that has been elected to serve by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.

The affiliations appear in the style and the language used by the corresponding member of the Board.

AFRICA

CABO VERDE (2025-2028)
Dr. Artur Correia
Consultant in Public Health and Health Systems
Praia

CAMEROON (2023-2026)
Dr Malachie Manaouda
Ministre de la Santé publique
Yaoundé

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (2025-2028)
Dr Pierre Somse
Ministre de la Santé et de la Population
Bangui

COMOROS (2023-2026)
Dr Isaa Ben Imani
Secrétaire général, Ministère de la Santé et de la Protection sociale
Moroni

LESOTHO (2023-2026)
Dr Makhoase Ranyali
Director General of Health Services
Ministry of Health
Maseru

TOGO (2023-2026)
Dr Yawa Djatugbé Apétsianyi
Directrice générale des Etudes, de la Planification et de l’Information sanitaire
Ministère de la Santé
Lomé

ZIMBABWE (2024-2027)
Dr Aspect J.C. Maunganidze
Permanent Secretary for Health and Child care
Ministry of Health and Child Care
Harare

AMERICAS

BARBADOS (2023-2026)
Mr Jerome X. Walcott
Minister of Health and Wellness
Bridgetown

CHILE (2024-2027)
Dra. Raquel Child Goldberg
Jefa de la Oficina de Cooperación y Asuntos Internacionales
Ministerio de Salud
Santiago

COSTA RICA (2024-2027)
Dra. Mary Munive Angermüller
Ministra de Salud
San José

EL SALVADOR (2025-2028)
Dr Elmer Roberto Bonilla Espinoza
Jefe de la Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y Cooperación en Salud
San Salvador

HAITI (2025-2028)
Dr Bertrand Sinal
Ministre de la Santé publique et de la Population
Port-au-Prince

PANAMA (2025-2028)
Sra. Carmen Avila
Embajadore, Representante Permanente Adjunta
Ginebra

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (2023-2026)
Dr Pak Jong Min
Director, Department of External Affairs
Ministry of Public Health
Pyongyang

NEPAL (2025-2028)
Mr Pradip Paudel
Honorable Minister for Health and Population
Kathmandu

THAILAND (2024-2027)
Dr Pongsadhorn Pokpermdee
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Public Health
Nonthaburi

EUROPE

BULGARIA (2024-2027)
Professor Plamen Dimitrov
Director, National Centre of Public Health and Analyses
Sofia

ISRAEL (2024-2027)
Dr Asher Salmon
Head, International Relations Division
Ministry of Health
Jerusalem

NORWAY (2024-2027)
Dr Cathrine Marie Lofthus
Secretary General
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Oslo

POLAND (2024-2027)
Mrs Katarzyna Drazek-Laskowska
Director, Department of International Co-operation
Ministry of Health
Warsaw

SERBIA (2025-2028)
Dr Zlatibor Lončar
Minister of Health
Belgrade

SPAIN (2025-2028)
Sra. Mónica García Gómez
Ministra de Sanidad
Madrid

SWITZERLAND (2023-2026)
Mme Barbara Schedler Fischer
Ambassadrice pour la Santé globale, Vice-Directrice de Office fédéral de la Santé publique
Berne

UKRAINE (2023-2026)
Dr Viktor Liashko
Minister of Health
Kiev

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

EGYPT (2025-2028)
Professor Mohamed Hassany
Assistant Minister of Health for Projects and Public Health Initiatives
Cairo

LEBANON (2024-2027)
Dr Firass Abiad
Minister of Public Health
Beirut

QATAR (2023-2026)
Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari
Doha

SAUDI ARABIA (2025-2028)
Mr Fahad Abdurrhaman Aljalayel
Minister of Health
Riyadh

SOMALIA (2024-2027)
Dr Ali Haji Adam Abubakar
Minister of Health and Human Services
Mogadishu

WESTERN PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA (2023-2026)
Mr Blair Comley
Secretary, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Canberra

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (2024-2027)
Dr Haji Mohammad Isham Haji Jaafar
Minister of Health
Bandar Seri Begawan

JAPAN (2025-2028)
Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki
Advisor for International Affairs to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Tokyo

REPUBLIC OF KOREA (2024-2027)
Mr Minsoo Park
2nd Vice Minister of Health and Welfare
Seoul

SOLOMON ISLANDS (2025-2028)
Dr Paul Popora Bosawai
Minister of Health and Medical Services
Honiara