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China\u2019s Qu Dongyu has been elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<\/p>\n

Qu was elected today after receiving 108 votes out of 191 cast, constituting a majority in the first round.<\/p>\n

The election took place today in Rome on the second day of the 41st session of the FAO Conference. The conference which will end on 29 June, is the highest governing body of the organisation.<\/p>\n

Qu Dong Yu, who was born in 1963, is currently Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.<\/p>\n

He will be FAO\u2019s ninth Director-General since the organization was founded on October 16, 1945.<\/p>\n

The term of the new Director-General, who will succeed Brazil\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Graziano da Silva, will start on 1 August 2019 and run till 31 July 2023.<\/p>\n

Past FAO Directors-General<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sir John Boyd Orr, United Kingdom, 1945-1948
\u2022 Norris E. Dodd, United States, 1948-1954
\u2022 Philip Vincent Cardon, United States, 1954-1956
\u2022 Binay Ranjan Sen, India, 1956-1967
\u2022 Addeke Hendrik Boerma, Netherlands, 1968-1975
\u2022 Edouard Saouma, Lebanon, 1976-1993
\u2022 Jacques Diouf, Senegal, 1994-2011
\u2022 Jos\u00e9 Graziano da Silva, Brazil, 2011-2019<\/p>\n

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