China's Qu Dongyu elected as new chief of UN food agency

China's deputy agricultural minister, 55-year-old Qu Dongyu, was elected Sunday to head the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization in the first round of voting. Qu, a biologist by training and the first Chinese national to head the Rome-based agency, won 108 votes, followed by Catherine Geslain-Laneelle of France with 71 votes and Georgia' Davit Kirvalidze with 12, according to official results.

Published June 23,2019 03:15 PM

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CHINAS QU DONGYU ELECTED AS NEW CHIEF OF UN FOOD AGENCY

China's agricultural deputy minister Qu Dongyu has been elected as the new director general of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Qu is the first person from a Communist country to hold the FAO director-general's chair. He will succeed José Graziano da Silva from Brazil for a 4-year term.