Qu Dongyu

Qu Dongyu

Qu Dongyu ( Chinese  屈冬玉 , Pinyin Qū Dōngyù ^{? / I} ; * 1963 in Yongzhou , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese agronomist, since 2015 Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and since August 1, 2019 General Director of Food and United Nations Agricultural Organization (FAO).

Professional career

From 1979 to 1983 he studied horticulture at the Hunan Province Agricultural University in Changsha with a bachelor's degree. This was followed by a master's degree in plant breeding and genetics until 1986 at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences . From 1988 to 1993, he conducted research at the Institute for Crop and Ornamental Crops. After several years of research, he received his doctorate in agricultural and environmental sciences in 1996 from the Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands. From 1997 to 2000 he was deputy director of the institute, until 2001 director. In 2001 the Academy of Agricultural Sciences appointed him as its deputy director, which he remained until 2008.

Political career

Qu Dongyu has been a member of the Chinese Communist Party since 1986 . From 2008 to 2011 he was Associate Chairman of the Government of the Níngxià Autonomous Region , then Deputy Chairman until 2015. In June 2015, he became Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

FAO

On June 23, 2019, Qu Dongyu was elected Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with 108 out of 191 votes in the first ballot. In addition to him, the French Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, who was the first joint candidate for the European Union, and the Georgian Davit Kirvalidze , former Minister of Agriculture in his country, applied for the mandate of General Director . Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, former head of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), received 71 votes, Davit Kirvalidze 12. The Cameroonian Médi Moungui and the Indian Ramesh Chand had previously withdrawn their candidacies. The French newspaper Le Monde , citing a diplomatic informant, reported that China was said to have exerted massive political and economic pressure prior to the election. According to this informant, the African candidate received 62 million euros for his withdrawal. Qu Dongyu was advised by Jeffrey Sachs during the election campaign .

Qu Dongyu will be the first Chinese to hold this post since the FAO was founded. His four-year term as successor to José Graziano da Silva begins on August 1, 2019, with the possibility of one-time re-election.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ China Vitae: Biography of Qu Dongyu. Retrieved June 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1203805/icode/ accessed on August 1, 2019
3. ↑ Chinese Wageningen doctoral candidate elected as the new General Director of the FAO. June 23, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Profile: Qu Dongyu - New Director-General of UN food agency FAO - Xinhua. In: English.news.cn. Retrieved June 26, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Title of the dissertation: Use of unreduced gametes of diploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) for true potato seed production through 4x-2x crosses.
6. ↑ Gerardo Fortuna: Europe challenges Asia in a three-candidate race at FAO. In: euractiv.com. June 21, 2019, Retrieved June 26, 2019 (UK English). 
7. ↑ Gerardo Fortuna: China's Qu Dongyu beats EU candidate for FAO leadership. In: euractiv.com. June 24, 2019, Retrieved June 26, 2019 (UK English). 
8. ^ Gerardo Fortuna: FAO chairmanship: China beats Europe. In: euractiv.com. June 24, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 (German). 
9. ^ FAO - News Article: Qu Dongyu of China elected FAO Director-General. Retrieved June 26, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Qu is the family name here, Dongyu is the first name.