René Castro
René Castro Salazar | |
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Salazar in 2011 | |
| Assistant-Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department | |
| Assumed office 10 February 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1957 Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | Costa Rican American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Costa Rica |
| Profession | Environmental economics Civil engineer |
René Castro Salazar (born 25 August 1957), was FAO's Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department Assistant-Director General and a former Costa Rican politician.
Castro was appointed Assistant Director General (ADG) of Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva in 2017, after serving one year as Forestry ADG. Formerly, he served under president-elect Laura Chinchilla as Minister of Environment and Energy; position he had also held between 1994 and 1998. Castro held several other relevant governmental positions, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 2010. He is a prominent academic with extensive international experience in the fields of Climate Change, and Sustainable Development.