PERSON: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

World Health Organization

Director General

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge’ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian microbiologist and internationally recognized malaria researcher who currently serves as Director-General of the World Health Organization, a position he has held since 2017. Tedros is the first non-physician and first African in the role. Tedros has held two high level positions in the Government of Ethiopia: From 2005 to 2012, Tedros was Ethiopia’s Minister of Health and from 2012 to 2016, Tedros was Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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