ILO Director-General

  1. Guy Ryder was elected Director-General by the ILO's Governing Body in May 2012 and was re-elected for another five-year term in 2017. In March 2022, the ILO Governing Body elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General. He will take office in October this year.

Statements and speeches

  1. 48th Arab Labour Conference

    ILO Director-General’s address to the Arab Labour Conference 2022

    18 September 2022

  2. BRICS 8th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

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

    14 July 2022

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News and press releases

  1. © ILO 2022

    Event

    Ceremony for the transfer of office at the ILO

  2. © ILO 2022

    110th International Labour Conference

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

    27 May 2022

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In the media

  1. © GETTY images 2022

    BBC

    Modern slavery shoots up by 10 million in five years

    12 September 2022

  2. © Joy Saha/Zuma/Rex 2022

    The Guardian

    Fifty million people now trapped in modern slavery in a ‘surge of exploitation’

    12 September 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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