ZitatTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ; born 3 March 1965)[1] is an Ethiopian[1] public health researcher and official[2] who has served since 2017 as Director-General of the World Health Organization.[3][4] Tedros is the first non-physician and first African in the role,[5] who has been endorsed by the African Union.[6] He has held two high-level positions in the government of Ethiopia: Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012[7] and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.