Tedros Adhanom

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian politician, academic and public health authority. He has been Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017. He served in his country's government as Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.

Tedros in 2018

Tedros was born in Asmara, Eritrea. He gained his Ph.D. degree in Community Health from the University of Nottingham in 2000.^[1][2] He is married and has five children.^[3]

References

1. "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus". Harvard University. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopian wins top WHO job". BBC News. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

Other websites

• World Health Organization profile