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Appointment of the Independent Chairman of the Council

INDEPENDENT CHAIRPERSONS OF THE COUNCIL

Mandate

Chaiperson

Country

2021-25

Mr Hans Hoogeveen

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

2017-21

Mr Khalid Mehboob

Pakistan

2013-17

Mr Wilfred J. Ngirwa

United Republic of Tanzania

2009-13

Mr Luc Guyau

France

2005-09

Mr Mohammad Saeid Noori-Naeini

Islamic Republic of Iran

2001-05

Mr Aziz Mekouar

Morocco

1997-2001

Mr Sjarifudin Baharsjah

Indonesia

1993-97

Mr José Ramón López Portillo

Mexico

1989-93

Mr Antoine Saintraint

Belgium

1985-89

Mr Lassaad Ben Osman

Tunisia

1981-85

Mr M.S. Swaminathan

India

1977-81

Mr Bukar Shaib

Nigeria

1973-77

Mr Gonzalo Bula Hoyos

Colombia

1969-73

Mr Michel Cépède

France

1965-69

Mr Maurice Gemayel

Lebanon

1963-64

Mr Georges Haraoui (Died in Office)

Lebanon

1959-63

Mr Louis Maire

Switzerland

1955-59

Mr S.A. Hasnie

Pakistan

1951-55

Mr Josué de Castro

Brazil

1947-51

Viscount Bruce of Melbourne

Australia

1945-47

Mr André Mayer (Chairperson of the Executive Committee of FAO)

France

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