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Jacques Diouf (1 August 1938 – 17 August 2019) was a
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese diplomat and the
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of the
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'
Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
(FAO) from January 1994 to 31 December 2011. He died on 17 August 2019, 16 days after his 81st birthday.


Education

Diouf attended primary and secondary school in his native
Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint Louis or Saint-Louis ( wo, Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...
. He then traveled to
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, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
in agriculture from the ''Ecole nationale d'agriculture'', Grignon-Paris Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, a
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in tropical
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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.


Career

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 Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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 Abdou Diouf ( ; Serer: ; born 7 September 1935)Biography at Socialist Party website
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
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from 1991 to 1993. 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,
José Graziano da Silva José Graziano da Silva (born November 17, 1949) is a Brazilian American agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the Luiz Inácio L ...
, was elected in June 2011 and took office on 1 January 2012.


Other functions

During his career, Diouf also held other positions of responsibility, including: * Representative of Africa to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C. (USA) * 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 (Côte d'Ivoire) and the International Foundation for Science, Stockholm (Sweden) * Member of the , Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) * 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 Switzerland) * Member of the , Washington, D.C. (USA) * Adviser to the International Conservation Financing Project of the World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (USA) * Member of the Board of the United Nations University's World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland) * Member of the executive board of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Harare Zimbabwe) * 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 (Senegal)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations • Dr. Jacques Diouf curriculum vitae
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Honors and criticism

Diouf received multiple honors from governments around the world, including the ''
Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
'' in
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as well as numerous governments across
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and
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. In May 2006, a British newspaper published the resignation letter of Louise Fresco, an Assistant Director General of FAO. In her letter, the widely respected Dr Fresco criticised Diouf's management style: "I am sad that you have isolated yourself so much from most senior managers. Combined with a lack of transparency in decision making, you have stimulated a culture of silence, rumors and even fear." Furthermore, she stated that "the Organisation has been unable to adapt to a new era", that "our contribution and reputation have declined steadily" and "its leadership has not proposed bold options to overcome this crisis". In 2010, a so-called whistleblowing book was published on
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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 action was later dismissed on procedural grounds. These are the links to these most relevant documents:
When FAO scores only 27 points in Transparency...
* tp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/meeting/012/k0827e_rev1.pdf Independent Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
Andrew Mitchel DFID's Head about FAO's performance


Interfaith activities

In 2009, Diouf took part in a special
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for Africa organized by 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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, such as
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, the status of African
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, and attempts to solve conflicts and achieve peace on the continent.


Decorations


Foreign honours

* Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Africa (
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, 1977) * Officer of the
Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleo ...
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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, 1978) * Officer of the
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(France, 1979) * Grand Officer of the
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, 1995) * Commander of the
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, 1995) * Commander of the
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, 1995) * Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (
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, 1996) * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (
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, 1996) * Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (
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, 1996) * Commander of the Order of the Star of Anjouan (
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, 1997) * Grand Cross of the Order of May (
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, 1998) * Order of Solidarity (
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, 1998) * Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti (
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, 1998) * Commander of the Legion of Honour (France, 1998) * Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star (
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, 1998) * 1st Class the Order of Henri Pittier (
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, 1998) * 1st Class the Order of the Dragon Plant (
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, 2000) * 1st Class of the Order of the Two Niles (
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, 2000) * Grand Cross of the
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, 2001) * National Order of Merit, Cooperation and Development (
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, 2001) * Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles (
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, 12 October 2002) *
Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriag ...
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, 2003) * Commander of the
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Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
, 2003) * Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of the White Elephant __NOTOC__ The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; ) is an order of Thailand. It wa ...
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, 2003) * Grand Cross of the
Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa The Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa is an order of Panama, instituted on 1 July 1941 (''Ley No. 94 de 1 de julio de 1941''). It is awarded for distinguished diplomatic services and contributions to international relations between Panama and othe ...
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, 2004) * Grand Cross of the Order of the Golden Heart (
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, 2004) * Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (
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, 2005) * Commander of the National Order of Madagascar (
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, 2005) * Commander of the
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, 2005) * Grand Cross of the
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, 2006) * Grand Cross of the Order ''pro merito Melitensi'' (
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, 2006) * Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (
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, 2007) * Grand Cordon of the
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, 29 April 2012)平成24年春の外国人叙勲 2012 List of the Awarded foreigners
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diouf, Jacques 1938 births 2019 deaths Serer diplomats University of Paris alumni Members of the National Assembly (Senegal) Senegalese diplomats Food and Agriculture Organization officials Permanent Representatives of Senegal to the United Nations People from Saint-Louis, Senegal Senegalese expatriates in France