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Margaret Chan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 crop
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World Economic Forum
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Margaret Chan
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Fabio Pozzebom/ABr
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Margaret Chan at Brasília (2016) cropped
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Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil
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陈冯富珍

陳馮富珍
Chén Féng Fùzhēn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Margaret Chan
  2. 2 Hong Kong-born physician, WHO Director-General 2006-2017

About Margaret Chan

born 1947 · 医学家 physician

Hong Kong physician who led the city's health department through the 1997 bird flu and 2003 SARS outbreaks, then was Director-General of the World Health Organization from 2007 to 2017.

Also called  冯富珍

Examples

HSK 7-9
陈冯富珍是首位担任世卫组织总干事的中国人。
Chén Féng Fùzhēn shì shǒuwèi dānrèn Shìwèi Zǔzhī zǒnggànshi de Zhōngguórén.
Margaret Chan was the first Chinese person to serve as WHO Director-General.
HSK 7-9
陈冯富珍领导世卫组织应对了甲型H1N1流感大流行。
Chén Féng Fùzhēn lǐngdǎo Shìwèi Zǔzhī yìngduì le jiǎxíng H1N1 liúgǎn dà liúxíng.
Margaret Chan led the WHO through the H1N1 flu pandemic.

Tips

culture
Her name follows the Hong Kong custom of 冠夫姓, 'capping with the husband's surname': a married woman puts her husband's surname, here 陈, in front of her own, 冯. Hence the English form Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun.

Stroke Order

陈 chén
冯 Féng
富 fù
珍 zhēn