Jacques Diouf

Jacques Diouf
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
In office
1 January 1994  31 December 2011
Preceded byEdouard Saouma
Succeeded byJosé Graziano da Silva
DeputyManoj Juneja (India) (Operations): 2011 – present.
DeputyAnn Tutwiler (US) (Knowledge): 2011 – present.
DeputyChangchui He (China) (Operations): 2009 – 2011.
DeputyJames G. Butler (US) : 2008–2010.
DeputyDavid A. Harcharik (US) : 1998–2007.
DeputyVikram J. Shah (ad personam) (UK) : 1992–1995.
DeputyHoward Hjort (US) : 1992–1997.
Personal details
Born(1938-08-01)1 August 1938
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Died17 August 2019(2019-08-17) (aged 81)
Paris
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Jacques Diouf (1 August 1938 – 17 August 2019) was a Senegalese diplomat and the Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from January 1994 to 31 December 2011. He died on 17 August 2019, 16 days after his 81st birthday.