ILO Director-General

  1. Guy Ryder was elected the tenth ILO Director-General by the ILO's Governing Body in May 2012 and took office in October that same year. In 2016, he was re-elected for another five-year term which started on 1 October 2017.

Statements and speeches

  1. BRICS 8th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

    ILO Director-General’s remarks to the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

    14 July 2022

  2. G7 Summit

    ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence

    27 June 2022

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News and press releases

  1. © ILO 2022

    110th International Labour Conference

    Those who resort to war deny social justice, says ILO Director-General

    27 May 2022

  2. © Navy 2022

    News

    ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine following Russian aggression

    08 April 2022

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In the media

  1. © T. Fabi / AFP / Getty Images 2022

    Bloomberg

    UN Body Elects First African Head Since Founding a Century Ago

    25 March 2022

  2. Associated Press

    Togo executive to lead UN labor agency, 1st African in post

    25 March 2022

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Videos, audio and photos

  1. 100th International Day of Cooperatives

    ILO Director-General statement: Cooperatives help build a better world

    01 July 2022

  2. Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 2022

    Small Matters: ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s message on SMEs

    27 June 2022

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