Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
| Tedros Adhanom | |
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| ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም | |
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| 8th Director-General of the World Health Organization Elect |
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Taking office 1 July 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Margaret Chan |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 29 November 2012 – 1 November 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Preceded by | Berhane Gebre-Christos (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Workneh Gebeyehu |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 12 October 2005 – 29 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Preceded by | Kebede Tadesse |
| Succeeded by | Kesetebirhan Admasu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 March 1965 Asmara, Eritrea |
| Political party | Tigrayan People's Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Alma mater |
University of Asmara London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine University of Nottingham |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ; born 1965) is an Ethiopian politician, academic, and public health authority who is the Director-General-elect of the World Health Organization (WHO), taking office for a five-year term on 1 July 2017 following his election by the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2017.. Previously, he served in the government of Ethiopia as Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.
Tedros joined the Ministry of Health in 1986, after graduating from the University of Asmara. An internationally recognized malaria researcher, as Minister of Health, Tedros received praise for a number of innovative and system-wide health reforms that substantially improved access to health services and key outcomes. Amongst them were hiring and training roughly 40,000 female health extension workers, cutting infant mortality from 123 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2006 to 88 in 2011, and increasing the hiring of health cadres including medical doctors and midwives. In July 2009, he was elected Board Chair of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for a 2-year term.
In November 2012, Tedros was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. In January 2016, the twenty-sixth ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union endorsed his candidature for the next election of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation as the sole African candidate. On 23 May 2017, the 70th World Health Assembly elected him to serve as the WHO's Director-General. He will take office on 1 July 2017 and will be the first Director-General from Africa. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will succeed Dr Margaret Chan, who has been WHO’s Director-General since 1 January 2007.
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