Qu Dongyu, China's Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was elected as new Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) here on Sunday.
Qu, 56, was chosen during the ongoing 41st FAO Conference, the highest governing body of the Rome-based agency. The Chinese candidate received a large majority of 108 votes, winning over French Catherine Geslain-Laneelle, who received 71 votes, and Georgian Davit Kirvalidze, who got 12 votes.
From the delegates of all FAO's 194 member states involved in the voting, a total of 191 votes were cast, and one abstention was registered. Qu became Vice Minister at the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2015. Before that, Qu had worked at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences headquartered in Beijing.
Qu will officially take the post as new FAO chief starting from August 1st. He has become the first Chinese national to be elected as FAO Director-General. He will succeed Brazilian Jose Graziano Da Silva, who has served as the agency's top official for two consecutive four-year terms since being first elected in 2011.
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