UN Appoints Trump Nominee to Lead World Food Programme
The United Nations appointed Luke Lindberg, a United States Department of Agriculture official and a nominee of current President Donald Trump, to be the next executive director of the World Food Programme, succeeding Cindy McCain. The selection elevates an American to lead the U.N.'s largest humanitarian agency amid global hunger, extreme weather, and conflict pressures that strain food aid and supply chains.
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About Cindy McCain
Cindy Lou McCain is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and humanitarian who was the executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 2021 to 2023. She is the widow of U.S. Senator John McCain from Arizona, who was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
Everything about Cindy McCain →- Occupation
- teacher, entrepreneur, businessperson, politician
- Position held
- chairperson, UN board member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 20, 1954