José Graziano da Silva
José Graziano da Silva (born November 17, 1949) is a
Brazilian American agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of
agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cabinet as Extraordinary Minister for Food Security, being responsible for implementing the
Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) program, which was a focal point of the Lula Administration's cash transfer program
Bolsa Familia. On June 26, 2011, Graziano was elected director-general of the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), becoming the first Latin American ever to hold the position. After his first term from 1 January 2012 to 31 July 2015, Graziano da Silva was re-elected for a second 4 year-term (1 August 2015 to 31 July 2019) during FAO's 39th Conference.
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