Tedros Re-elected as Head of the WHO for another 5 years

Last updated: May 24, 2022 10:44 PM

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017.

Srinagar, May 24 (ANH): World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday (May 24) to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency, Reuters reported.

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Tedros was first elected in 2017. His re-election was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

Tedros’s new term officially commences on 16 August 2022. A Director-General can be re-appointed once, in accordance with World Health Assembly rules and procedures.