![ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo](webp/ilo-director-general-gilbert-f.-houngbo-2048x1100.jpgc769.webp)
ILO Director-General
Gilbert F. Houngbo was elected as the ILO’s 11th Director-General by the organization’s Governing Body in March 2022, for a five-year term. He took office in October 2022.
Latest news
![Director General de OIT en Chile](webp/img_9251.jpg927b.webp)
Official Mission to Chile:
ILO Director-General: ‘At a time when the world faces unprecedented challenges, advancing social justice is more important than ever’
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Press Release
ILO Director-General calls for national momentum to achieve social justice in Iraq
Statements
![ILO Director-General Joseph F. Houngbo](webp/dg%20vdo%20thumb.jpg61ce.webp)
ILO Director-General reaffirms importance of the Declaration of Philadelphia for Social Justice
![IMF and World Bank spring meetings 2024 logo](webp/imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-2024-image-767x431.png3a89.webp)
Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
ILO Director-General statement to the IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee and to the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee
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Opening address of the Director-General of the ILO to the 350th Session of the Governing Body
![Kahindo Angelique, head of a sewing business in Uganda.](webp/52871844171_193e5bbe78_k.jpg1a87.webp)
Report of the Director-General to the 111th International Labour Conference
Advancing social justice