27 June 2011, Rome - Chief of FAO Media Relations Majid Chaar facilitating a press conference with FAO's Director-General elect Jos?raziano Da Silva, FAO's eighth Director-General since the Organization was founded in Quebec City, Canada on October 16, 1945. The term of the new Director-General, who will succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf, will start on 1 January 2012 and run through 31 July 2015 FAO Conference, 37th Session. FAO headquarters (Iran Room).