Dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus pronunciation

Ethiopian public health official (born 1965)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Tedros, and not as Ghebreyesus.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled 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] He is the first African to become WHO Director-General,^[6] receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union.^[7] 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^[8] and