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UN appoints US agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food Program
The agency said Lindberg will take over as it tries to help 110 million people this year amid funding cuts and rising acute hunger.
- On Friday, the United Nations appointed U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg as the next executive director of the World Food Programme, succeeding Cindy McCain who stepped down in February.
- The WFP faces significant challenges, aiming to assist 110 million people this year despite 266 million facing acute food insecurity globally, as funding cuts force the agency to scale back.
- Lindberg, currently a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary and son-in-law of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, previously served in the first Trump administration and founded the South Dakota Trade Association.
- The United States has remained the largest donor to the U.N. food agency for many years; consequently, the position of executive director has been held by an American since the early 1990s.
- Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau has served as acting chief since McCain left in February and will continue in that role until Lindberg officially assumes leadership at the Rome-based agency.
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UN names Luke Lindberg to lead WFP amid hunger crisis and funding cuts
The United Nations has appointed US agriculture official Luke Lindberg as the next World Food Programme chief. He takes over as the agency confronts acute hunger across the world and sharp funding pressure.
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