Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus HonFRS | |
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ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ | |
Tedros in 2024 | |
| 8th Director-General of the World Health Organization | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2017 | |
| Deputy | Zsuzsanna Jakab Michael Ryan |
| 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 | 3 March 1965 |
| Party | Tigray People's Liberation Front |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | University of Asmara (BS) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MSc) University of Nottingham (PhD) Preview warning: Page using Template:Plainlist with unknown parameter "party" |
| Signature | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Community health |
| Thesis | The effects of dams on malaria transmission in Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, and appropriate control measures (2000) |
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. Tedros 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 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016. Tedros was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.