FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)  is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
FAO was established on 16 October 1945, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. In 1951, its headquarters were moved from Washington, D.C., United States, to Rome, Italy.

Directors-general

José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director General

• Sir John Boyd Orr (UK) : October 1945 – April 1948.
• Norris E. Dodd (U.S.) : April 1948 – December 1953.
• Philip V. Cardon (U.S.) : January 1954 – April 1956.
• Sir Herbert Broadley (UK) (acting) : April 1956 – November 1956.
• Binay Ranjan Sen (India) : November 1956 – December 1967.
• Addeke Hendrik Boerma (Neth.) : January 1968 – December 1975.
• Edouard Saouma (Lebanon) : January 1976 – December 1993.
• Jacques Diouf (Senegal) : January 1994 – December 2011.
• José Graziano da Silva (Brazil) : January 2012 –

[edit]Deputy directors-general

• William Nobel Clark (US) : 1948.
• Sir Herbert Broadley (UK) : 1948–1958.
• Friedrich Traugott Wahlen (Switzerland) : 1958–1959.
• Norman C. Wright (UK) : 1959–1963.
• Oris V. Wells (US) : 1963–1971.
• Roy I. Jackson (US) : 1971–1978.
• Ralph W. Phillips (US) : 1978–1981.
• Edward M. West (UK) : 1981–1985.
• Declan J. Walton (Ireland) : 1986–1987.
• Howard Hjort (US) : 1992–1997.
• Vikram J. Shah (ad personam) (UK) : 1992–1995.
• David A. Harcharik (US) : 1998–2007.
• James G. Butler (US) : 2008–2010.
• Changchui He (China) (Operations): 2009 - 2011.
• Ann Tutwiler (US) (Knowledge): 2011 - present.
• Manoj Juneja (India) (Operations): 2011 - present.`