Rüdiger Krech

Visiting professor, EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department

Rüdiger Krech has studied educational sciences, medicine and public health and holds a PhD in public health from the University of Bielefeld,Germany. He re-joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in October 2009 as the Director for Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights. He was previously Director for social security in India at the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and in charge of GTZ’s projects and programmes in the area of health and social protection in Asia and Central and Eastern (2003-2008). Before joining GTZ, he held various management positions at the WHO Regional Office for Europe in the fields of health systems, health policies, health promotion and ageing.