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Jacques Diouf

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under a fictional name by a former staff member of FAO. It purported to describe the management methods and the state of the organization at the time of his departure. At the request of FAO officials attacked in the book, a legal action was initiated to protect the reputation of those concerned; the
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Member of the Board of International Agricultural Centres: ICRAF, Nairobi (Kenya), ISNAR, The Hague (Netherlands), IITA, Lagos (Nigeria), as well as the International Institute of Scientific Research for African Development, Adiopodoumé (CÎte d'Ivoire) and the International Foundation for Science,
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Chairman of the Board of the African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT), Dakar Senegal), the Industrial Company for the Uses of Solar Energy, Dakar (Senegal) and the Board of the Foundation for Development of Science and Technology, Dakar
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Member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research and the Committee on Transfer of Technology. Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Public Health Administration and Medical Research, World Health Organization, Geneva
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On 8 November 1993, Diouf was elected Director-General of FAO and in January 1994 began his first six-year term. Diouf was re-elected twice. His last term began in January 2006 and ended in December 2011. His successor,
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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
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in Rome, even though he was a Muslim. The synod discussed several pastoral issues that are not directly related to religion, and which involve cooperation between the Catholic Church and the
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from 1965 to 1971. From 1971 to 1977 Diouf was the executive secretary of the newly created West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) (now
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Member of the Board of the United Nations University's World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland)
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Adviser to the International Conservation Financing Project of the World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (USA)
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Member of the Council of the Islamic Foundation for Science and Technology for Development, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
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Representative of Africa to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C. (USA)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ‱ Dr. Jacques Diouf curriculum vitae
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Member of the executive board of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Harare Zimbabwe)
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During his career, Diouf also held other positions of responsibility, including:
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Diouf received multiple honors from governments around the world, including the
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In May 2006, a British newspaper published the resignation letter of
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Le diplomate sénégalais Jacques Diouf est décédé à l'ùge de 81 ans
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Independent Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Madagascar
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Permanent Representatives of Senegal to the United Nations
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In 2010, a so-called whistleblowing book was published on
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Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Sudan
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National Order of Merit, Cooperation and Development (
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Faculté de droit et de sciences économiques, Panthéon
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Food and Agriculture Organization
Edouard Saouma
José Graziano da Silva
Manoj Juneja
Ann Tutwiler
Changchui He
James G. Butler
David A. Harcharik
Vikram J. Shah
Howard Hjort
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Paris

Senegalese
Director-General
United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization
Serer
Diouf family
Saint-Louis, Senegal
France
Bachelor of Science
Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon
Master of Science
agronomy
Sorbonne
African Groundnut Council
Nigeria
Africa Rice Center

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