Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Director-General Handover Ceremony

Sheikh Zayed Centre (FAO Headquarters)

31.07.2019
Rome time

Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) during the 41st session of the FAO Conference (22-29 June 2019), the highest governing body of the Organization. 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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