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

PERSONAL DATA

Date of birth:	1 August 1938
Place of birth:	Saint-Louis, Senegal
Nationality:	Senegalese
Family status:	Married to Aïssatou Seye in 1963. The Diouf family has five children.

EDUCATION

Primary

Certificate in Primary Studies from Ecole Duval, Saint-Louis, Senegal

Secondary

Baccalaureate in Applied Sciences from Lycée Faidherbe, Saint-Louis, Senegal

University

	Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Ecole national d'agriculture, Grignon-Paris, France
	Master of Science in Tropical Agronomy from Ecole nationale d'application d'agronomie tropicale, Nogent-Paris, France
	Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences of the Rural Sector (Agricultural Economics) from Faculté de Droit et de Sciences économiques, Panthéon - Sorbonne, Paris, France

PRACTICAL TRAINING

Certificate in Management from the American Management Association, New York, the United States

Senior Programme Certificate in Management from the American Management Association, New York, the United States

LANGUAGES

Wolof, French, English, Spanish

CAREER

8 November 1993
Elected Director-General of FAO on 8 November 1993
(took up office on 1 January 1994), Rome (Italy)

May 1991 - Dec 1993
Ambassador, Senegalese Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York, (USA)

1990 - 1991
Special Adviser to the Governor, Central Bank for West African States, Dakar (Senegal)

1985 - 1990
Secretary-General of the Central Bank for West African States, Dakar (Senegal)

1984 - 1985
Adviser to the President and Regional Director of the International Development Research Center, Ottawa (Canada)

1983 - 1984
Member of Parliament, Dakar (Senegal):

	Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee and Elected Secretary
	Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senegal-United Kingdom
	Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senegal-United Kingdom

1978 - 1983
Secretary of State for Science and Technology in the Senegalese Government, Dakar (Senegal)

1971 - 1977
Executive Secretary, West Africa Rice Development Association, Monrovia (Liberia)

1965 - 1971
Executive Secretary, African Groundnut Council, Lagos (Nigeria)

1963 - 1964
Director of the European Office and the Agricultural Programme of the Marketing Board, Paris/Dakar (France/Senegal)

OTHER FUNCTIONS

During his career, Dr Diouf has also held other responsible positions, including:

	Representative of Africa to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C. (USA)
	Member of the Board of International Agricultural Centres: ICRAF, Nairobi (Kenya), ISNAR, The Hague (Netherlands), IITA, Lagos (Nigeria), as well as the International Institute of Scientific Research for African Development, Adiopodoumé (Côte d'Ivoire) and the International Foundation for Science, Stockholm (Sweden)
	Member of the Council of the Islamic Foundation for Science and Technology for Development, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
	Member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research and the Committee on Transfer of Technology. Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Public Health Administration and Medical Research, World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
	Member of the Council of African Advisers of the World Bank, Washington, D.C. (USA)
	Adviser to the International Conservation Financing Project of the World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (USA)
	Member of the Board of the United Nations University's World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland)
	Member of the Executive Board of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Harare (Zimbabwe)
	Chairman of the Board of the African Regional Center for Technology (ARCT), Dakar, Senegal; the Industrial Company for the Uses of Solar Energy, Dakar (Senegal), and the Board of the Foundation for Development of Science and Technology, Dakar (Senegal)

COUNTRY VISITS/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Between 1979 and 1993, Dr Diouf participated in major international meetings across the globe representing his country, the Central Bank for West African States or in a personal capacity, and undertook field trips to various agricultural institutions around the world.

DECORATIONS

2007 – Guest of Honour, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

2007 – Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

2006 – Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (Order of Malta)

2006 – Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)

2005 – Order of Independence First Class, Jordan

2005 – Commander of the National Order of Mali

2005 – Hilal I Award (Pakistan)

2005 – Grand Master of the National Order (Republic of Madagascar)

2004 – Order of the Golden Heart, Rank of Grand Cross (Philippines)

2004 – Order of Ulises Rojas (Guatemala)

2004 – Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Panama)

2004 – Congressional Medal of Achievement (Philippines)

2003 – Medal of Commander of the National Order of Merit (Mauritania)

2003 – Golden Fortune Saint George Award "Honor, Eminence, Labor" 1st Grade (Ukraine)

2003 – Order of the Golden Fleece (Republic of Georgia)

2003 – Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thailand)

2002 – Distinguished Cross (Peru)

2002 – Commander of the Order of Saint Charles (Monaco)

2001 – The Distinguished Cross of the Order of the Quetzal (Guatemala)

2001 – National Order of Merit for Cooperation and Development (Guinea Bissau)

2000 – The Two Niles Decoration (First Category) (Sudan)

2000 – First Degree of the Order of the "Dragoeiro" (Cape Verde)

1999 – Medal of Honour, Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Georgia (Republic of Georgia)

1998 – Distinguished Cross in the Order of May for Merit (Argentina)

1998 – Commander in the Legion of Honour (France)

1998 – Order of Solidarity (Cuba)

1998 – First Class Decoration "Henri Pittier" (Venezuela)

1998 – Grand Master in the National Order of the Star (Djibouti)

1998 – Grand Master in the Order of the Yellow Star (Suriname)

1997 – Commander in the Order of the Star of Anjouan (Comoros)

1997 – Commander in the National Order (Madagascar)

1996 – Distinguished Cross of the Order of Merit in Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain)

1996 – Order of Gedimin (Lithuania)

1996 – Medal of Honour of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (with the grade of Commander) (Uruguay)

1996 – Order of Merit "Mother Theresa", Tirana (Albania)

1995 – Commander in the Order of Agricultural Merit (with the distinction of Very High Special Merit), Quebec (Canada)

1995 – Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Cameroon (Cameroon)

1995 – Commander of the National Order (Côte d'Ivoire)

1995 – Commander in the Central African Order of Merit (Central African Republic)

1994 – Samán de Aragua Award (First Class), State of Aragua (Venezuela)

1979 – Decoration for services to education by the Ministry of Education: Officer of the Palmes académiques (France)

1978 – Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

1977 – High Commander in the Order of the Star of Africa (Liberia)

ACADEMIC HONOURS

2007 – Honorary Doctorate in Cropping Systems and Agricultural Environment Sciences, Perugia University

2005 – Doctor honoris causa, Scientific Council of Agricultural Academy, Azerbaijan

2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Szent István University, Hungary

2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Armenian Agricultural Academy, Armenia

2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

2003 – Diploma of Honorary Doctor of the University, National Agrarian University (NAUU), Ukraine

2002 – Doctor honoris causa, Santo Domingo University (Dominican Republic)

2002 – Doctor honoris causa, National Agrarian University "La Molina" (Peru)

2000 – Foreign Member of the Academy of Agriculture of France, Paris (France)

2000 – Doctor honoris causa, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, (Czech Republic)

2000 – Founder Member and Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Senegal, Dakar

1999 – Doctor honoris causa, Georgian State Agrarian University (Republic of Georgia)

1998 – Doctor honoris causa, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)

1998 – Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India)

1996 – Medal of Honour, Tartu University (Estonia)

1996 – Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Laval University, Quebec (Canada)

1996 – Doctor ad honorem in Agricultural Science at Tuscia University (Italy)

1995 – Honorary Professorship at the China Agricultural University, Beijing (China)

1995 – Degree honoris causa in Agricultural Science, University of Nitra (Slovak Republic)

1994 – Diploma as "Honorary Member" of Academia de Stünte Agricole si Silvice Gheorghe Ionescu Sisesti (Romania)

PUBLICATIONS

"Ethique scientifique et problématique alimentaire" - Communication to the Academy of Sciences of France - Discours et notices biographiques de l'Académie des Sciences, First Edition, Paris, 1998

"Eloges de Senghor" - Speech at the ceremony in honour of Léopold Sedar Senghor on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday - Présence Senghor, Unesco, Paris 1996

"The Challenge of Agricultural Development in Africa" - Consultative Group in International Agricultural Research, World Bank, Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture - 1989, Washington, D.C., USA

"Intérêts et objectifs de l'Afrique dans les Sommets francophones, nouvel instrument des relations internationales" - Centre québécois des relations internationales, Collection Choix - 1988, Quebec, Canada

"Le fondement du dialogue scientifique entre les civilisations euro-occidentales et négro-africaines" - Dialogue Westeuropa Schwarzafrica, Verlag Fritz Molden - 1979, Vienna, Austria

"La détérioration du pouvoir d'achat de l'arachide" - Club Nation and Development, Présence africaine - 1972, Paris, France

July 2007