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China’s Qu Dongyu elected head of UN food agency FAO
ROME, June 23, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – 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.
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