Qu Dongyu

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. He is married, with one daughter.

Qu Dongyu
屈冬玉
Chʻü Tung-yü
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Assumed office
1 August 2019
Preceded byJosé Graziano da Silva
Personal details
Born (1963-10-29) October 29, 1963
Yongzhou, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materHunan Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
University of Wageningen
ProfessionBiologist
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