UN World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain to step down for health reasons

FILE PHOTO: Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, speaks during a launch of a report "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World", at a special G20 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Tita Barros/File Photo

ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - ⁠Executive Director of the United ⁠Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Cindy McCain ‌plans to step down from the role in three months to focus on her health, she ​said on Thursday.

The 71-year-old widow ⁠of the late ⁠U.S. Republican Senator John McCain suffered a ⁠mild ‌stroke in October 2025 and returned to the WFP's Rome ⁠headquarters in early January to resume ​her duties, ‌the agency said.