Italy puts forward ex-agriculture minister Martina to head FAO

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - Italy is putting forward the name of former agriculture minister Maurizio Martina to be the new Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said in Brussels on Monday. The 47-year-old, a former leader of the centre-left Democratic Party who was Italian agriculture minister from 2014 to 2018, is currently the Deputy Director-General of t...

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