Qu DongyuQu Dongyu (; born October 29, 1963) is a Chinese diplomat who took up office as the ninth Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 1 August 2019. He is the first Chinese national to head the Organization. Qu won the nomination on the first round of voting at the 41st FAO Conference on 23 June 2019, obtaining 108 of the 191 votes cast by the 194 member countries. He is married, with one daughter. Qu was born in Yongzhou, Hunan, China in October 1963.
Party of the Union for Renovation and DevelopmentThe Party of the Union for Renovation and Development (Parti d'Union pour la Rénovation et le Développement) is a political party in Togo. The party participated in the October 2007 parliamentary election, but did not win any seats.
Qu QinyueQu Qinyue () (born 21 May 1935) is a Chinese astrophysicist and writer. He is a professor and former president of Nanjing University. He is a pioneer of high-energy astrophysics in China, and his research mainly focuses on pulsars, neutron stars, X-ray sources, γ-ray sources and quasars. In 1980 he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Qu Qinyue was born in Mouping, Shandong. His father was a merchant and his mother a housewife. He received his early education at Yantai Jinglun Street Primary School.
Ecologist Party for the Development of BurkinaThe Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina (Parti Écologiste pour le Développement du Burkina, PEDB) is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta) founded in 2003. The president of the PEDB is Yacouba Touré. The party is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa/Partis Verts de la Fédération en Afrique.
Raymond AssoRaymond Asso (2 June 1901 – 24 October 1968) was a French lyricist. Born in Nice, France, his parents separation saw him leave for Morocco at the age of 15. After his arrival he tried numerous professions, including: shepherd, factory worker, chauffeur and nightclub manager. Between 1916 and 1919 he enlisted as a Spahi (a member of a North African cavalry regiment in the French army), being deployed in Turkey and Syria. After a lack of success and satisfaction with these occupations, he eventually turned to writing in 1933, working on his own lyrics and poetry.
Robert Goldman (songwriter)Robert Goldman (born 1953) is a French songwriter. He was born in Paris, the son of Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn who were Jewish Resistance fighters during the Second World War. He is the younger brother of Jean-Jacques Goldman and half-brother of Pierre Goldman. He has written more than 50 songs for many French-speaking singers such as Céline Dion. He often signed J Kapler. "Champagne, Champagne" (B.
Qu'Appelle RiverThe Qu'Appelle River kəˈpɛl is a river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near the village of St. Lazare. It is in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion.
