| Name | Jacques Diouf |  |
| Surname | Diouf | |
| First Names | Jacques | |
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| Title | Dr | |
| Country of Birth | Senegal |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 1994 | FAO - UN Food & Agriculture Organisation | Director-General | |
| 1991 | 1993 | Permanent Representative from Senegal to the UN | Ambassador |
| 1990 | 1991 | BCEAO - Office of the Governor | Special Advisor to the Governor |
| 1985 | 1990 | Central Bank of West African States - BCEAO | Secretary-General |
| 1984 | 1985 | International Development Research Centre (Canada) | Adviser to the President & Regional Director |
| 1978 | 1983 | Ministry of Bio-fuels, Renewable Energy & Scientific Research | Minister of State for Science & Technology |
| 1971 | 1977 | Executive Secretary - West Africa Rice Development Association, Liberia | |
| 1965 | 1971 | Executive Secretary - African Groundnut Council, Nigeria | |
| 1963 | 1964 | Director of European Office & Agricultural Programme - France-Senegal Marketing Board | |
| Date of Birth | 01 Aug 1938 |
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| Notes | Biographical Details: PERSONAL DATA Date of birth: 1 August 1938 Place of birth: Saint-Louis, Senegal Nationality: Senegalese Family status: Married to Aïssatou Seye in 1963. The Diouf family has five children. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION Primary Certificate in Primary Studies from Ecole Duval, Saint-Louis, Senegal Secondary Baccalaureate in Applied Sciences from Lycée Faidherbe, Saint-Louis, Senegal University Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Ecole national d'agriculture, Grignon-Paris, France Master of Science in Tropical Agronomy from Ecole nationale d'application d'agronomie tropicale, Nogent-Paris, France Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences of the Rural Sector (Agricultural Economics) from Faculté de Droit et de Sciences économiques, Panthéon - Sorbonne, Paris, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRACTICAL TRAINING Certificate in Management from the American Management Association, New York, the United States Senior Programme Certificate in Management from the American Management Association, New York, the United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LANGUAGES Wolof, French, English, Spanish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER FUNCTIONS During his career, Dr Diouf has also held other responsible positions, including: Representative for Africa to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, DC, the United States Member of the Board of the International Agricultural Centers: ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya; ISNAR, The Hague, the Netherlands; IITA, Lagos, Nigeria; the International Institute of Scientific Research for African development, Adiopodoume, Côte d'Ivoire; and the International Foundation for Science, Stockholm, Sweden Member of the Council of the Islamic Foundation for Science and Technology for Development, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research and of 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 Council of African Advisers of the World Bank, Washington, DC, the United States Adviser to the International Conservation Financing Project of the World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, the United States Member of the Board of the United Nations University 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 Center 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY VISITS/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES Between 1979 and 1993, Dr Diouf participated in major international meetings across the globe representing his country, the Central Bank for West African States or in a personal capacity and undertook field trips to various agricultural institutions around the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECORATIONS 2006– Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (Order of Malta) 2006– Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) 2005– Order of Independence First Class, Jordan 2005 – Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mali (Mali) 2005 – Hilal I Award (Pakistan) 2005 – Grand Master of the National Order (Republic of Madagascar) 2004 – Order of the Golden Heart, Rank of Grand Cross (Philippines) 2004 – Order of Ulises Rojas (Guatemala) 2004 – Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Panama) 2004 – Congressional Medal of Achievement (Philippines) 2003 – Medal of Commander of the National Order of Merit (Mauritania) 2003 – Golden Fortune Saint George Award "Honor, Eminence, Labor" 1st Grade (Ukraine) 2003 - Order of the Golden Fleece (Republic of Georgia) 2003 - Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thailand) 2002 – Distinguished Cross (Peru) 2002 – Commander of the Order of Saint Charles (Monaco) 2001 - The Distinguished Cross of the Order of the Quetzal (Guatemala) 2001 - National Order of Merit for Cooperation and Development (Guinea Bissau) 2000 - The Two Niles Decoration (First Category) (Sudan) 2000 - First Degree of the Order of the "Dragoeiro" (Cape Verde) 1999 - Medal of Honour, Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Georgia (Republic of Georgia) 1998 - Distinguished Cross in the Order of May for Merit (Argentina) 1998 - Commander in the Legion of Honour (France) 1998 - Order of Solidarity (Cuba) 1998 - First Class Condecoration "Henri Pittier" (Venezuela) 1998 - Grand Master in the National Order of the Star (Djibouti) 1998 - Grand Master in the Order of the Yellow Star (Suriname) 1997 - Commander in the Order of the Star of Anjouan (Comoros) 1997 - Commander in the National Order (Madagascar) 1996 - Grand Cross in the Order of Merit in Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain) 1996 - Order of Gedimin (Lithuania) 1996 - Medal of Honour of the Republic of Uruguay (grade of Commander) (Uruguay) 1996 - Order of Merit "Mother Theresa", Tirana (Albania) 1995 - Commander in the Order of Agricultural Merit (with the distinction of Very High Special Merit), Quebec (Canada) 1995 - Grand Officer in the Order of Merit of Cameroon (Cameroon) 1995 - Commander in the National Order (Côte d'Ivoire) 1995 - Commander in the Central African Order of Merit (Central African Republic) 1994 - Samán de Aragua Award (First Class), State of Aragua (Venezuela) 1979 - Decoration for services to education by the Ministry of Education: Officer des Palmes académiques (France) 1978 - Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) 1977 - Grand Commander in the Order of the Star of Africa (Liberia) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADEMIC HONOURS 2005 – Doctor honoris causa, Scientific Council of Agricultural Academy (Azerbaijan) 2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Szent István University (Hungary) 2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Armenian Agricultural Academy (Armenia) 2004 – Doctor honoris causa, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2003 – Diploma of Honorary Doctor of the University, National Agrarian University (Ukraine) 2002 – Doctor honoris causa, Santo Domingo University (Dominican Republic) 2002 - Doctor honoris causa, Nacional Agrarian University "La Molina" (Peru) 2000 - Foreign Member of the Academy of Agriculture of France, Paris (France) 2000 - Doctor honoris causa, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, (Czech Republic) 2000 - Founder Member and Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Senegal, Dakar 1999 - Doctor honoris causa, Georgian State Agrarian University (Republic of Georgia) 1998 - Doctor honoris Causa, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain) 1998 - Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India) 1996 - Medal of Honour, Tartu University (Estonia) 1996 - Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Laval University, Quebec (Canada) 1996 - Doctor ad honorem in Agricultural Science at Tuscia University (Italy) 1995 - Honorary Professorship at the China Agricultural University, Beijing (China) 1995 - Degree honoris causa in Agricultural Science at the University of Nitra (Slovak Republic) 1994 - Diploma as "Honorary Member" of Academia de Stiinte Agricole si Silvice Gheorghe-Ionescu Sisesti (Romania) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS "Ethique scientifique et problématique alimentaire" - Communication to the Academy of Sciences of France - Discours et notices biographiques de l'Académie des Sciences, First Edition, Paris, 1998 "Eloges de Senghor" - Speech at the ceremony in honour of Léopold Sedar Senghor on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday - Présence Senghor, Unesco, Paris 1996 "The Challenge of Agricultural Development in Africa" - Consultative Group in International Agricultural Research, World Bank, Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture - 1989, Washington, DC, the United States "Intérêts et objectifs de l'Afrique dans les Sommets francophones, nouvel instrument des relations internationales" - Centre québécois des relations internationales, Collection Choix - 1988, Quebec, Canada "Le fondement du dialogue scientifique entre les civilisations euro-occidentales et négro-africaines" - Dialogue Westeuropa Schwarzafrica, Verlag Fritz Molden - 1979, Vienna, Austria "La détérioration du pouvoir d'achat de l'arachide" - Club Nation and Development, Présence africaine - 1972, Paris, France [ http://www.fao.org/english/dg/dioufcv.htm - Retrieved on 30/01/2007 ] |
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