UN accepts Trump nominee to head World Food Programme
spokesperson Farhan Haq confirmed to Reuters that the organisation had accepted a recommendation for the role from a hiring panel, transmitted that recommendation to the WFP, and was waiting for the board's response.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has accepted Trump nominee Luke Lindberg from among dozens of candidates to lead the World Food Programme, a document showed and a official confirmed today (15 September).
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Some 54 candidates applied for the job, according to the letter, which did not name them. Nine were shortlisted.
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Lindberg, a senior US agricultural official, was recommended by Guterres and Qu Dongyu, a Chinese national heading the Food and Agriculture Organization, according to a September 11 letter to the head of the WFP board.
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spokesperson Farhan Haq confirmed to Reuters that the organisation had accepted a recommendation for the role from a hiring panel, transmitted that recommendation to the WFP, and was waiting for the board's response.
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A official said the nomination, first reported by Devex, was expected to be confirmed by the WFP board on Friday.
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The White House and State Department had no immediate comment.
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Nearly 300 million people face crisis levels of hunger this year, the WFP says, with the Iran war exacerbating the situation.
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The World Food Programme, established as a joint project of the and the FAO, is aimed at providing an emergency response to global food shortages.
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Despite cuts by US President Donald Trump, the US remains the WFP's biggest donor, and it has traditionally been led by an American from the Republican party.
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Some US donations to the Rome-based agency are in-kind or specify that food must be of US origin, which also provides support for US agricultural businesses.
