China's Qu picked to lead UN food agency

By Giada Zampano
Updated June 24 2019 - 2:43pm, first published 2:38pm
Qu Dongyu is the new UN Food and Agriculture Organisation director general.
Qu Dongyu is the new UN Food and Agriculture Organisation director general.

Qu Dongyu, China's deputy agricultural minister, has been elected the new director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the first person from a Communist country to hold the influential post.