Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected on Tuesday for a second five-year term as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), following a secret ballot.
The vote by secret ballot, announced by Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh from Djibouti at a major annual meeting, was seen as a formality since Tedros was the only candidate running.
Ministers and delegates took turns to shake hands and hug Tedros, a former health minister from Ethiopia, who has steered the UN agency through a turbulent period dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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German Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, tweeted on Tuesday, saying: “Just re-elected as Director General of #WHO: @DrTedros. 155/160 votes, spectacular result. Congratulations, fully deserved.”
Germany recently overtook the United States as the UN health agency’s top donor.
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