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Klaus Töpfer
German politician (1938–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Klaus Töpfer (29 July 1938 – 8 June 2024) was a German politician (CDU) and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Quick Facts 4th Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Secretary-General ...
Klaus Töpfer | |||||||||||||
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![]() Töpfer in 2003 | |||||||||||||
4th Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme | |||||||||||||
In office 15 January 1998 – 31 March 2006 | |||||||||||||
Secretary-General | Kofi Annan | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Elizabeth Dowdeswell | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Achim Steiner | ||||||||||||
Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development | |||||||||||||
In office 17 November 1994 – 14 January 1998 | |||||||||||||
Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Irmgard Schwaetzer | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Eduard Oswald | ||||||||||||
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security | |||||||||||||
In office 22 April 1987 – 17 November 1994 | |||||||||||||
Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Walter Wallmann | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||
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Born | Klaus Töpfer (1938-07-29)29 July 1938 Waldenburg/Schlesien, Gau Silesia, Germany (now Wałbrzych, Poland) | ||||||||||||
Died | 8 June 2024(2024-06-08) (aged 85) Munich, Bavaria, Germany | ||||||||||||
Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1972–2024) | ||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
Residence | Höxter | ||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Münster | ||||||||||||
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