Background
DIOUF, Jacques was born on August 1, 1938 in Saint-Louis. Son of Fara Diouf and Aissatou Diop Hameth.
DIOUF, Jacques was born on August 1, 1938 in Saint-Louis. Son of Fara Diouf and Aissatou Diop Hameth.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ecole National d'Agriculture, Grignon-Paris. Master of Science in Tropical Agronomy, Ecole National D'Application d'Agronomy, Nogent-Paris. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences of the Rural Sector, University Sorbonne, Paris.
Director European Office and Agricultural Programme of Marketing Board, Paris and Dakar, 1963-1964. Executive secretary African Groundnut Council, Lagos, Nigeria, 1965-1971, West Africa Rice Development Association, Monrovia, Liberia, 1971-1977. Secretary state science and technical Senegalese Government, Dakar, Senegal, 1978—1983.
Member, chairman foreign relations committee, secretary Parliament of Senegambian confederation, Senegal, 1983-1984, chairman Friendship Parliamentary Group, Senegal-United Kingdom Senegal, 1983-1984. Adviser to president and regional director international development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada, 1984-1985. Secretary general Central Bank West African States, Dakar, Senegal, 1985—1990, special adviser to governor Senegal, 1990-1991.
Ambassador Senegal permanent mission United Nations, New York City, 1991-1993. Director-general United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, since 1994. Republican for Africa Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington.
Advisory international conservation financing project World Resources Institute, Washington. Member advisory committee medical research World Health Organization, Switzerland. Board directors World Institute Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland.
Chairman board African Regional Center Technology, Dakar, Senegal. Board directors Foundation Development Science and Technology, Dakar, Senegal.
Member Board of Trustees, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague. International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria. Board, International Foundation for Science, Stockholm.
Council of African Advisers to the World Bank. National Union of Agronomists, Paris. Senegal Association of Agronomists.
Married Aissatou Seye, 1963. 5 children.