Klaus Töpfer
Klaus Töpfer (born 29 July 1938) is 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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Töpfer in 2017 | |||||||||||||
| 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 July 29, 1938 Waldenburg/Schlesien, Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Wałbrzych, Poland) | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1972–) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Höxter | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Münster | ||||||||||||
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