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[[File:Mukhisa Kituyi, Houlin Zhao, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with Sophia - AI for Good Global Summit 2018 (41223188035) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tedros Adhanom in 2018]]
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Dr. '''Tedros Adhanom ''Ghebreyesus''''', (b. {{LifeData|1965-03-03}}) in , is an Ethiopian public health official who currently is has been the Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)since 2017.
==Early life==
Adhanom Ghebreyesus was born in Ethiopia in 1965. In 1986, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the [https://www.alluniversity.info/eritrea/university-of-asmara/ University of Asmara]. In 1986, after his first degree, he joined the [https://www.ethiopia.gov.et/ministries/ministry-of-health/ Ethiopian Ministry of Health] as a junior public health expert.
He studied at the [https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine] and was awarded a Master of Science degree in immunology of infectious diseases from the [https://london.ac.uk/ University of London] in 1992.
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