DCF
Diego Canga Fano
EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGRICULTURE
Director
Description
An EU official since 1991, he has divided his career between legal and political roles. As a lawyer at the EU Council’s Legal Service for over a decade, he pleaded 60 cases before the EU Court of Justice.
He then held various political and managerial positions, notably working with Loyola de Palacio and Antonio Tajani, serving as Tajani’s chief of staff at both the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Appointed Director at the European Commission in 2014, he oversaw organic farming from 2019 to 2022. Since November 2022, he has been responsible for geographical indications, export promotion, and agricultural research.
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