Appointment of the Director-General of the ILO

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   The Governing Body has elected Guy Ryder as Director-General of the ILO

   Mr. Guy Ryder is the tenth Director-General to hold the office in the Organization’s 93-year history and will begin his new five-year term in October 2012.

   1. Guy Ryder's address to the Governing Body
   2. Curriculum vitae
   3. Vision statement

Candidates

1. The list of candidates for the post of Director-General was closed at midnight on Friday, 9 March 2012, at which time the following nine candidatures had been received: Mr Gilles de Robien, Mr Angelino Garzón, Mr Ad Melkert, Mr Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Mr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Mr Assane Diop, Ms Mona Sahlin, Mr Guy Ryder and Mr Charles Dan.

2. Mr Gilles de Robien

   Candidature submitted by the Government of France (received on 20 February 2012)

   1. Curriculum Vitae
   2. Vision statement
3. Mr Angelino Garzón

   Candidature submitted by the Government of the Republic of Colombia (received on 28 February 2012)

   1. Curriculum Vitae
   2. Vision statement
4. Mr Ad Melkert

   Candidature submitted by the Government of Netherlands (received on 7 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
5. Mr Jomo Kwame Sundaram

   Candidature submitted by the Government of Malaysia (received on 7 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
6. Mr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

   Candidature submitted by the Government of Niger (received on 7 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
7. Mr Assane Diop

   Candidature submitted by the Government of Senegal (received on 8 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
8. Ms Mona Sahlin

   Candidature submitted by the Government of Sweden (received on 8 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
9. Mr Guy Ryder

   Candidature submitted by Mr Michael Sommer and Mr Luc Cortebeeck, Worker members of the Governing Body (received on 8 March 2012)

   1. Curriculum vitae
   2. Vision statement
10. Mr Charles Dan

    Candidature submitted by the Government of Benin (received on 8 March 2012)

    1. Curriculum vitae
    2. Vision statement

Hearings of the candidates

1. Programme

2. Format