Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ; born 1965) is an Ethiopian politician, academic, and public health authority who is the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in office since 2017. Previously, he served in the government of Ethiopia as Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012[1] and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.