UN accepts Trump nominee to head World Food Programme
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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted Luke Lindberg, a Trump nominee and senior U.S. agricultural official, to lead the World Food Programme. Lindberg was selected from a pool of 54 candidates after receiving recommendations including from the head of FAO, Qu Dongyu.
GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has accepted Trump nominee Luke Lindberg from among dozens of candidates to leadthe World Food Programme, a document showed and a U.N. official confirmed on Tuesday. β’ Lindberg, a senior U.S. agricultural official, was recommended by Guterres andQu Dongyu, a Chinese national heading the Food and Agriculture Organization, according to a September 11 letter to the head of the WFP board. β’ Some 54 candidates applied for the job, according to the letter, which did not name them. Nine were shortlisted.