Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization on 21 July 1998. Dr Brundtland was nominated by WHO’s Executive Board on 27 January and elected to the post on 13 May by the Member States of WHO. Her term of office is five years.
• source: Sustainability definitions by Gro Harlem Bruntland • See also XlnkS58A