FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme started in 1999. The Food and Agriculture Organization is a part of the United Nations. The Ambassadors increase public awareness about hunger in the world.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem

Current Ambassadors

Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

• Dee Dee Bridgewater (singer, Actress), 1999
• Rita Levi Montalcini (neurologist), 1999
• Gina Lollobrigida (actress, photojournalist), 1999
• Miriam Makeba (singer), 1999 (deceased in November 2008)
• Gong Li (actress), 2000
• Youssou N'Dour (singer, percussionist), 2000
• Magida al Roumi, 2001
• Al Bano Carrisi (singer), 2001
• Gilberto Gil (musician), 2001
• Mory Kanté (vocalist), 2001
• Roberto Baggio (footballer), 2002
• Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (women's athletics), 2002
• Massimo Ranieri (singer), 2002
• Dionne Warwick (singer, actress), 2002
• Associazione Nazionale Cantanti, 2002
• Maná (pop/rock band), 2003
• Khaled (Singer-songwriter), 2003
• Noa (Singer), 2003
• Justine Pasek (model), 2003
• Oumou Sangaré (Singer), 2003
• Raúl (footballer), 2004
• Carla Fracci (dancer, actress), 2004
• Ronan Keating (Singer), 2005
• Beatrice Faumuina, 2005
• First Lady of Paraguay, 2005
• Chucho Valdés (pianist, composer), 2006
• Anggun (Singer and songwriter), 2009
• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (First Lady of the Dominican Republic), 2009
• Pierre Cardin (fashion stylist), 2009
• Carl Lewis, (Olympic gold medalist), 2009
• Fanny Lú, (singer) 2009
• Patrick Vieira (footballer), 2010
• Raoul Bova, (actor), 2010
• Céline Dion, (singer), 2010
• Lea Salonga, (singer), 2010
• Susan Sarandon, (actress), 2010
• Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak al Ketbi, (Mother of the Nation, United Arab Emirates), 2010
• Jeremy Irons, (actor), 2011

Other websites

• FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine