Qu Dongyu

Qu Dongyu
屈冬玉
Chʻü Tung-yü
Dongyu in 2023
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Assumed office
1 August 2019
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byJosé Graziano da Silva
Vice Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs
In office
2015–2019
PresidentXi Jinping
MinisterHan Changfu
PremierLi Keqiang
Vice-Chair of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
In office
2011–2015
PresidentXi Jinping
Hu Jintao
Personal details
Born (1963-10-29) October 29, 1963 (age 60)
Yongzhou, Hunan, China[1]
Nationality Chinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materHunan Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
University of Wageningen
ProfessionBiologist

Qu Dongyu (Chinese: 屈冬玉; pinyin: Qū Dōngyù; born October 29, 1963) is a Chinese diplomat who took up office as the ninth Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 1 August 2019. He is the first Chinese national to head the Organization. Qu won the nomination on the first round of voting at the 41st FAO Conference on 23 June 2019, obtaining 108 of the 191 votes cast by the 194 member countries.[2] He is married, with one daughter.[3][4]

  1. ^ "ChinaVitae profile – Qu Dongyu". Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. ^ Lynch, Colum; Gramer, Robbie (October 23, 2019). "Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  3. ^ "Qu Dongyu becomes first Chinese to head UN food agency FAO". France 24. 2019-06-23. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ "FAO, il cinese Qu Dongyu assume l'incarico di Direttore Generale: "Saremo più dinamici, trasparenti e inclusivi"". La Repubblica. 2019-08-05. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

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