WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus is not a doctor.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus is not a doctor.

His appointment to the organization's top post was controversial because in his former position as Ethiopia's health minister, Gebreyesus was accused of covering up three major epidemics. As Ethiopia's former health minister, he was accused of covering up a possible cholera epidemic.

Before his appointment, he was a high-ranking member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, a violent and corrupt political group responsible for many crimes, including bombings, kidnappings, torture and murder.

During his tenure as Ethiopia's health minister, the current WHO director was closely associated with the Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation.

The support of two powerful global foundations and the patronage of the Chinese Communist Party led him to the post of WHO General Director.