Regional Director
Dr Shin Young-soo took up the position of the World Health Organization's Regional Director for the Western Pacific on 1 February 2009.
He was nominated for the position at the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in September 2008 and confirmed by the Organization's 124th session of the Executive Board in Geneva in January 2009. Dr Shin is the first Regional Director for the Western Pacific to be appointed from outside WHO.
Dr Shin has longstanding connections with WHO, having undertaken more than 30 assignments with the Organization as an adviser and consultant, and having on a number of occasions served on its Executive Board as the representative of the Republic of Korea.
Until joining WHO, Dr Shin was Professor of Health Policy and Management at the College of Medicine, Seoul National University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1969.
Speeches
Regional Director abroad
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Dr Shin launches emergency response to antimalarial drug resistance
9 May 2013 -
Dr Shin launches Cooperation Strategy in China
26 February 2013
