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ILO Directors-General

• 2022- :  Gilbert F. Houngbo (Togo)
• 2012-2022 : Guy Ryder (United Kingdom)
• 1999- 2012: Juan Somavia (Chile) (Press Release ILO/98/12 [1998])
• 1989-1999: Michel Hansenne (Belgium) (Press release ILO/2318 [1989])
• 1974-1989: Francis Blanchard (France)
• 1970-1973: Clarence Wilfred Jenks (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Press release ILO/1667-BIO/747 [1970])
• 1948-1970: David A. Morse (United States of America)
• 1941-1948: Edward Phelan (Ireland)
• 1939-1941: John Gilbert Winant (United States of America)
• 1932-1938: Harold Butler (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• 1919-1932: Albert Thomas (France)