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Biography
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. Tedros played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak.
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Awards & recognition
- Time 100 · 2025
- Silver Olympic Order · 2023
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society · 2022
- Nature's 10 · 2020
- Commander of the National Order of the Lion · 2018
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- Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin · 2018
- Order of the Serbian Flag
