Foreign Minister · Ethiopia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
18 recorded engagements, 2013–2016: 18 visits and 6 signed agreements.
Biography
Ethiopian public health official (born 1965)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) 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.
Prior to serving as Director-General, he held two high-level positions in the government of Ethiopia: Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016. Tedros was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
== Early life and education ==
Tedros was born in Asmara to Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Melashu Weldegabir. His family originated from the Enderta awrajja of Tigray. The name "Ghebreyesus" is from his grandfather, and is not their family name. Tedros recalled that as a child he was very aware of the suffering and death caused by malaria. His younger brother died at the age of three or four years, possibly of a preventable disease like measles, which Tedros...
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Where they travelled
Ethiopia Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Activity by year
Signed agreements
Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.
| Date | Partner | What was signed |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-27 | Kenya | LAPSSET Corridor Ministerial Agreement |
| 2015-01-12 | Sudan | Al-Khartoum Document (Declaration of Principles on GERD) |
| 2015-03-03 | Sudan | Al-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-12-12 | Sudan | Al-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-12-27 | Sudan | Al-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-12-29 | Sudan | Khartoum GERD Cooperation Framework Document |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-25 | Visit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2013-12-27 | Visit | Kenya · Nairobi | Agreement signedLAPSSET Corridor Ministerial Agreement |
| 2014-06-09 | Visit | Egypt · Cairo | |
| 2014-09-22 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2014-11-23 – 2014-11-26 | Visit | Israel · Jerusalem | |
| 2015-01-10 | Visit | Somalia · Mogadishu | |
| 2015-01-12 | Visit | Sudan · Khartoum | Agreement signedAl-Khartoum Document (Declaration of Principles on GERD) |
| 2015-03-03 | Visit | Sudan · Khartoum | Agreement signedAl-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-09-29 | Visit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2015-12-12 | Visit | Sudan · Khartoum | Agreement signedAl-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-12-27 | Visit | Sudan · Khartoum | Agreement signedAl-Khartoum Document on GERD |
| 2015-12-29 | Visit | Sudan · Khartoum | Agreement signedKhartoum GERD Cooperation Framework Document |
| 2016-01-12 – 2016-01-14 | Visit Summit | Germany · Munich | |
| 2016-04-24 – 2016-04-26 | Visit | Russia · Moscow | |
| 2016-05-24 | Visit Summit | Switzerland · Geneva | |
| 2016-06-28 | Visit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2016-07-19 | Visit Summit | Rwanda · Kigali | |
| 2016-09-18 | Visit | United States of America · New York |
Cite this profile
Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus.html]