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Qu Dongyu of China elected FAO Director-General

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Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on June 23.

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Qu Dongyu received a total of 108 votes out of 191 cast, constituting a majority in the first round.

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The election took place during the 41st session of the FAO Conference (22-29 June 2019), the highest governing body of the Organization.

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Qu Dong Yu, who was born in 1963, is currently Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.

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Qu Dongyu will be FAO's ninth Director-General since the Organization was founded on October 16, 1945.

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The term of the new Director-General, who will succeed Brazil’s José Graziano da Silva, will start on 1 August 2019 and run to 31 July 2023.

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FAO Directors-General

Since the establishment of FAO in 1945, there have been eight Directors-General:

? Sir John Boyd Orr, United Kingdom, 1945-1948

? Norris E. Dodd, United States, 1948-1954

? Philip Vincent Cardon, United States, 1954-1956

? Binay Ranjan Sen, India, 1956-1967

? Addeke Hendrik Boerma, Netherlands, 1968-1975

? Edouard Saouma, Lebanon, 1976-1993

? Jacques Diouf, Senegal, 1994-2011

? José Graziano da Silva, Brazil, 2011-2019

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (www.fao.org/news)