Hans Jørgen Koch is the Deputy State Secretary at the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency

International Energy Agency

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Hans Jørgen Koch was the Vice Chairman of the intergovernmental Final Preparatory Conference for the International Renewable Energy Agency

International Renewable Energy Agency

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 (IRENA) held in 23–24 October 2008 in Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain, and the Founding Conference held in Bonn

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on 26 January 2009. He was also a candidate for Director General of IRENA.