CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of WHO, elected by a vote of Member States at the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2017 and re-elected for a second 5-year term on 24 May 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected and officially began his second term on 16 August 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to his election as WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012–2016. In this role he led efforts to negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 193 countries committed to the financing necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.