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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | |
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ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ | |
![]() Tedros in 2018 | |
8th Director-General of the World Health Organization | |
Assumed office 1 July 2017 | |
Deputy | Zsuzsanna Jakab |
Preceded by | Margaret Chan |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 29 November 2012 – 1 November 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Hailemariam Desalegn |
Preceded by | Berhane Gebre-Christos (acting) |
Succeeded by | Workneh Gebeyehu |
Minister of Health | |
In office 12 October 2005 – 29 November 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn |
Preceded by | Kebede Tadesse |
Succeeded by | Kesetebirhan Admasu |
Personal details | |
Born | Asmara, Ethiopia (present-day Eritrea) | 3 March 1965
Political party | Tigray People's Liberation Front |
Children | 5 |
Education | |
Signature | ![]() |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Community health |
Thesis | The effects of dams on malaria transmission in Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, and appropriate control measures (2000) |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ;[1][a] born 3 March 1965)[2] is an Ethiopian[2] public health official, researcher,[3] diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.[4][5] Tedros is the first African to become WHO Director-General,[6] receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union.[7] He played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak.
Prior to serving as Director-General, he held two high-level positions in the government of Ethiopia: Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012[8] and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.[9][10] Tedros was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.[11]
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