Jacques Diouf
| Jacques Diouf | |
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| Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | |
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In office 1 January 1994 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Edouard Saouma |
| Succeeded by | José Graziano da Silva |
| Deputy | Manoj Juneja (India) (Operations): 2011 – present. |
| Deputy | Ann Tutwiler (US) (Knowledge): 2011 – present. |
| Deputy | Changchui He (China) (Operations): 2009 – 2011. |
| Deputy | James G. Butler (US) : 2008–2010. |
| Deputy | David A. Harcharik (US) : 1998–2007. |
| Deputy | Vikram J. Shah (ad personam) (UK) : 1992–1995. |
| Deputy | Howard Hjort (US) : 1992–1997. |
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August 1, 1938 Senegal |
| Nationality | Senegal |
| Religion | Islam |
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Jacques Diouf (born 1 August 1938) is a Senegalese diplomat who was Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from January 1994 to 31 December 2011.
Diouf attended primary and secondary school in his native Saint-Louis, Senegal. He then traveled to France, where he earned a bachelor of science in Agriculture from the Ecole nationale d'agriculture, Grignon-Paris Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, a Master of Science in Tropical Agronomy from the Ecole nationale d'application d'agronomie tropicale, Nogent-Paris (France), Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences of the Rural Sector from the Faculté de droit et de sciences économiques, Panthéon – Sorbonne, Paris.
Beginning in 1963 at the age of 25, Diouf was the Director of the European Office and the Agricultural Program of the Marketing Board (Paris/Dakar). Leaving that position in 1964, Diouf became the Director of the African Groundnut Council based in Nigeria from 1965 to 1971. From 1971 to 1977 Diouf was the Executive Secretary of the newly created West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) (now Africa Rice Center). Leaving WARDA in 1978, Diouf became the Secretary of State for Science and Technology of the government of Senegal under both Léopold Sédar Senghor and his successor Abdou Diouf until 1983. In that year he became a member of the National Assembly of Senegal and the Senegambian Confederation. In Senegal, he was Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee. From 1985 to 1990, Diouf was the Secretary-General of the Central Bank for West African States, which is based in Dakar. Subsequently, he was Senegal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1991 to 1993.
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