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.