Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The Conference of member nations, FAO's governing body, elects the Director-General to head the agency.

The current Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf of Senegal, was elected on 8 November 1993 and began his first six-year term in January 1994. After completing a second term, Dr Diouf was re-elected to a third six-year term, which began in January 2006.

In this section, you will find the Director-General's recent and past speeches as well as his curriculum vitae.