Preceded by Brock Chisholm Nationality Brazilian | Name Marcolino Candau Succeeded by Halfdan T. Mahler | |
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Born 30 May 1911
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( 1911-05-30 ) Alma mater Rio de Janeiro State University, Johns Hopkins University Died January 23, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland Education Rio de Janeiro State University, Johns Hopkins University | ||
Marcolino Gomes Candau (30 May 1911 – 23 January 1983) MPH, FRCP, M.D. was a Brazilian medical doctor and served with the United Nations.
Candau was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied medicine at the state medicial school in Rio de Janeiro and worked at the state department of Health before pursuing Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Candau returned to Brazil to work in the state public health department before joining the staff of the World Health Organization in Geneva in 1950 as Director of the Division of Organization of Health Services for the Americas. Within a year, he was appointed Assistant Director-General in charge of Advisory Services. In 1952, he moved to Washington as Assistant Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau—the WHO Regional Office for the Americas. In 1953, while occupying that position, he was elected, at the age of 42, WHO's second Director-General. In 1958, 1963 and 1968, Dr Candau was re-elected for his successive terms in that office, which he held until 1973. In 1963 Candau received an honorary Sc.D. from Bates College.