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Jose Graziano da Silva re-elected FAO Director-General

Xinhua, June 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Incumbent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva was re-elected on Saturday to a second term with the highest number of votes ever in the history of the organization.

According to FAO official website, Graziano da Silva received a total of 177 out of 182 votes in the election took place on the first day of FAO's biennial governing conference which will last until June 13.

Nominated by Brazil, Graziano da Silva was the only candidate during this year's election cycle. His new term will run from July 31, 2015 to July 2019.

Addressing the plenary after his re-election, Graziano da Silva reaffirmed FAO´s commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition.

Since taking up the post of FAO Director-General in 2012, Graziano da Silva has spearheaded major transformational changes within the organization, making FAO more responsive to its members' needs.

He put the focus of FAO's work on five strategic objectives, with the new goal of totally eradicating hunger and malnutrition.

Graziano da Silva joined FAO in 2006 as the head of its Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and was first elected Director-General on June 26, 2011.

Jose Graziano da Silva is the 8th FAO Director-General since the Organization's founding in 1945. Endit