List of ministers of the environment
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A list of ministers of the environment or officials in cabinet
level positions with "environment" in their titles.
?Haitian Minister of planning, environment, and external cooperation, Roland Pierre
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Cabinet (government)
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level positions with "environment" in their titles.
Afghanistan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1933-11-08/1973-07-17 | Zahir Shah Mohammed Zahir Shah Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973... (mo) |
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| 1973-07-17/1978-04-27 | Daoud Mohammed Daoud Khan Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan or Daud Khan was Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and later becoming the President of Afghanistan... (-) (M) |
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| 1978-04-27/1978-04-30 | Qadir Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) Hajji Abdul Qadir Arsala was a former anti-Taliban leader in the United Islamic Front in Afghanistan... (mi Saur Revolution The Saur Revolution is the name given to the Communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan takeover of political power from the government of Afghanistan on 28 April 1978. The word 'Saur', i.e... ) |
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| 1978-04-30/1979-09-16 | Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War. Taraki was born near Kabul and educated at Kabul University, after which he started his political career as a journalist... (H People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was a communist party established on the 1 January 1965. While a minority, the party helped former president of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, to overthrow his cousin, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and established Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan... ) |
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| 1979-09-16/1979-12-27 | Amin Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin was the second President of Afghanistan during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.... (H) |
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| 1979-12-27/1981 | Karmal Babrak Karmal Babrak Karmal was the third President of Afghanistan during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He is the best known of the Marxist leadership.... (H) |
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| none | 1985 | |||
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| 1986-11-20/1987-09-30 | Chamkani Haji Mohammad Chamkani Haji Mohammad Chamkani is a politician from Afghanistan who held the post of interim President of Afghanistan during the period of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Previously, he served as Vice-President under Babrak Karmal's Government.... (H) |
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| 1987-09-30/1991-08 | Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai , originally merely Najibullah, was the fourth and last President of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He is also considered the second President of the Republic of Afghanistan.-Early years:Najibullah was born in August 1947 to the Ahmadzai... (H) (W) |
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| none | 2001-12-22/2002 | Karzai Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001... (I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... ) |
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| Minister of irrigation and environment | Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani is a politician in Afghanistan. He was the spokesperson for President Hamid Karzai during the interim administration. Subsequently, he was appointed as Water and Energy during the transitional period of Afghan government. In January 2005, he became First Deputy Minister of... |
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Åland Islands
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| Minister of social affairs and environment | Harriet Lindeman Harriet Lindeman Harriet Lindeman is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland.* Minister of Social Affairs and Environment 2005-2007* Second Deputy Speaker of the Lagting 2003-2005... (FS Freeminded Co-operation The Moderates of Åland is a liberal conservative political party in the Åland Islands. At the 2003 elections, the party won 13.6% of popular votes and 4 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Johan Ehn... ) |
1999/2001 | Nordlund Roger Nordlund Roger Nordlund is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. Roger Nordlund is currently serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Åland.*Speaker, Parliament of Åland 2007-... (C Åland Centre The Åland Centre is a centrist, agrarian political party in the Åland Islands.At the 2003 elections, the party won 24.1 % of popular votes and 7 out of 30 seats. On the October 21st, 2007, parliamentary elections, the party won 23.5 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats.- External links :*... ) |
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| Sune Eriksson Sune Eriksson Sune Eriksson is a politician who served as the Premier of Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland.*Minister of social affairs and environment 2001-2003... (L Liberals for Åland The Liberals for Åland is a liberal political party of the Åland Islands. The party is an observer at Liberal International. At the 2007 legislative elections, the party won 10 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Viveka Eriksson.-Elections:... ) |
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| Gun-Mari Lindholm Gun-Mari Lindholm Gun-Mari Lindholm is a politician on the autonomous Åland Islands. She is Vice-President of the EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies.* Member of the Lagting 2005-... (O) |
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| Harriet Lindeman (FS) | 2005/2007 | |||||
| Katrin Sjögren (L) | /2008-04-04/ | Eriksson Viveka Eriksson Viveka Eriksson or Viveca Eriksson is a politician on the autonomous Åland Islands and the current Premier of the Government of Åland... (L) |
Albania
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1954-07-23/1981-12-18 | Shehu Mehmet Shehu Mehmet Ismail Shehu was an Albanian communist politician who served as premier of Albania from 1954 to 1981... (P) |
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| 1981-12-18/1991-02-22 | Çarçani Adil Çarçani Adil Çarçani was an Albanian politician in the Communist regime led by Enver Hoxha. He served as the titular head of the Albanian government in the years immediately preceding the fall of the Communist regime.... (P) |
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| 1991-02-22/1991-06-05 | Nano Fatos Nano Fatos Thanas Nano is an Albanian economist who was Prime Minister of Albania during several periods, the first leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, and member of the Albanian Parliament from 1991 to 1996 and 1997 to 2009... (P) |
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| 1991-06-05/1991-12-11 | Bufi Ylli Bufi Ylli Bufi is an Albanian politician who served briefly as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991. He was a member of Albanian Parliament, and also a member of Socialist Party of Albania.-References:... (P) (S Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania , is a centre-left, social democraticand socially liberal political party in Albania, it is currently the leading opposition party in Albania. It seats 66 MPs in the 2009 Albanian parliament . It achieved power in 1997 after a political crisis and governmental... ) |
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| 1991-12-11/1992-04-13 | Ahmeti Vilson Ahmeti Vilson Ahmeti is an Albanian political figure. He served as the prime minister of Albania between 10 December 1991 and 13 April 1992.- References :... (-) |
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| 1992-04-13/1997-03-11 | Meksi Aleksander Meksi Aleksandër Gabriel Meksi was the Prime Minister of Albania from April 13, 1992 to March 11, 1997. A former archaeologist he was the first person to be prime minister of Albania after the end of communist rule.... (D Democratic Party of Albania The Democratic Party of Albania is a center-right, Conservative, political party in Albania and the leading party in the governing coalition since the 2005 parliamentary elections... ) |
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| 1997-03-11/1997-06-24 | Fino Bashkim Fino Bashkim Fino is an Albanian politician and former Prime Minister of Albania.Fino studied economics in Tirana and the United States. After this, he worked as an economist in Gjirokastër, and in 1992 became its mayor... (S) |
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| Minister of health and environment | Leonard Solis (U Unity for Human Rights Party The Unity for Human Rights Party is a centrist, liberal-inclined party in Albania. Founded in 1992, it represents Albania's minorities and is mainly related to the Greek minority as it is the political continuation of the Democratic Union of the Greek Minority .-Election results:The party usually... ) |
1997-06-24/1998-10-02 | Nano (S) | |
| 1998-10-02/1999-10-29 | Majko Pandeli Majko Pandeli Majko was Prime Minister of Albania from 1998 to 1999 and for a short time in 2002.He graduated at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and later in Law.- MP of the Socialist Party :... (S) |
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| 1999-10-29/2001 | Meta Ilir Meta Ilir Rexhep Meta is an Albanian politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister of Albania from 1999 to 2002 and has been Foreign minister twice since then.- Studies :... (S) |
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| 2002-02-22/2002 | Majko (S) | |||
| Minister of environment | Lufter Xhuveli | 2002 | ||
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| 2002-07-31/2003 | Nano (S) | |||
| Minister of environment | Lufter Xhuveli | 2003 | WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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| Minister of environment | Ethem Ruka | /2004-05-24/ | Kyoto | |
| 2004-05-24/2005-09-11 | ||||
| 2005-09-11/ | Berisha Sali Berisha Sali Ram Berisha is an Albanian politician and cardiologist, currently the Prime Minister of Albania and the leader of Democratic Party of Albania .... (D) |
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| Minister of the environment, forests, and water administration | Fatmir Mediu Fatmir Mediu Fatmir Mediu is a former Albanian Minister of Defence . On March 2008, after the military ammunition explosion incident in Gërdec, where 26 people were killed, Mediu resigned and is under investigation. His successor is Gazmend Oketa.He is currently Minister of Environment, Forests & Water... (R Republican Party of Albania The Republican Party of Albania is a right-wing, national conservative political party in Albania.-History:The Republican Party of Albania was founded in January 1991 under the leadership of the writer Sabri Godo, who was also its first chairman. After the Democratic Party, this was the second... ) |
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Algeria
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1965-06-19/1978-12-27 | Boumédienne (mi Military of Algeria The People’s National Army is the armed forces of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Algeria has a large and reasonably well-equipped military to counter foreign and domestic threats... ) (F National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :... ) |
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| 1978-12-27/1979-02-09 | Bitat Rabah Bitat Rabah Bitat . He served as President of the People's National Assembly from April 1977 to October 1990 and was the fifth President of Algeria from 27 December 1978 to 9 February 1979. He became president after the death of Houari Boumédiènne and was replaced by Chadli Bendjedid... (F) (acting) |
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| 1979-02-19/1979-03-08 | Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid was the sixth President of Algeria from February 9, 1979 to January 11, 1992.-Early career:... (F) |
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| 1979-03-08/1981 | Abdelghani Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani Mohammed ben Ahmed Abdelghani was the prime minister of Algeria under President Chadli Bendjedid from March 8, 1979 until January 22, 1984. He served as the first prime minister of Algeria since 1963, when the position was abolished. As of 2005, he served the longest consecutive term of any prime... (F) |
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| none | 1981 | |||
| 1981/1984-01-22 | ||||
| 1984-01-22/1985 | Brahimi Abdelhamid Brahimi Dr. Abdelhamid Brahimi is an Algerian who first served as minister of planning before becoming the prime minister of Algeria under Chadli Bendjedid. He served as PM from January 22, 1984 until November 5, 1988. He has written several books, particularly about violence in Algeria.- References :... (F) |
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| Minister of hydraulics, environment, and forests | Mohamed Rouighi | 1985 | ||
| 1985/1988-11-05 | ||||
| 1988-11-05/1989-09-09 | Merbah Kasdi Merbah Kasdi Merbah was the prime minister of Algeria from November 5, 1988 until September 9, 1989.He was a member of the FLN, which ruled the country at that time. He was assassinated on August 22, 1993.... (F) |
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| 1989-09-09/1991-06-05 | Hamrouche Mouloud Hamrouche Mouloud Hamrouche was the Prime Minister of Algeria from September 5, 1989 to June 5, 1991. He was born in Constantine, Algeria. He was a leading member of the FLN. However, after serving as prime minister of Algeria he became involved in serious disputes with other party leaders who he said were... (F) |
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| 1991-06-05/1991-07 | Ghozali Sid Ahmed Ghozali Sid Ahmed Ghozali is an Algerian politician. He was a member of the National Liberation Front party and an ally of former President Houari Boumedienne, under whom he served as head of Sonatrach from 1966 to 1977, when he became Minister of Energy and Industry... (F) |
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| Minister development for research, technology, and environment | Cherif Hadj Slimane | 1991-07 | ||
| 1991-07/1992-07-08 | ||||
| 1992-07-08/1993-08-21 | Abdessalam Belaid Abdessalam Belaid Abdessalam is an Algerian politician. He was a nationalist leader in the FLN during Algeria's struggle for independence from France... (F) |
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| 1993-08-21/1994-04-11 | Malek Redha Malek Redha Malek was Prime Minister of Algeria from August 21, 1993 to April 1994. In his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Algerian Civil War, he pursued a hardline anti-Islamist policy and successfully negotiated debt relief with the International Monetary Fund , following... (-) |
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| 1994-04-11/1995-12-31 | Sifi Mokdad Sifi Mokdad Sifi is an Algerian politician. Sifi was Prime Minister from 11 April 1994 to 31 December 1995. He was a Member of Parliament and once considered running for the Presidency. However, Sifi withdrew in April 1999 along with six of the seven other candidates, allowing the only remaining... (-) |
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| 1995-12-31/1998-12-15 | Ouyahia Ahmed Ouyahia Ahmed Ouyahia is an Algerian politician who has been Prime Minister of Algeria since June 2008. He was previously Prime Minister from 1995 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006. A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and was one of the founders and a president of the RND party... (-) (R) |
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| 1998-12-15/1999-12-23 | Hamdani Smail Hamdani Smail Hamdani is an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister from 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999. , AFP News Agency, Retrieved October 29, 2010-References:... (-) |
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| 1999-12-23/2000-08-27 | Benbitour Ahmed Benbitour Ahmed Benbitour is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.Born at Metlilli, Ghardaïa, Benbitour graduated from Université de Montréal in 1984 with a Ph.D. in Economics. He now lives in London, England.... (-) |
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| 2000-08-27/2003-05-05 | Benflis Ali Benflis Ali Benflis is a politician in Algeria and former Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003. As of 2003, he is the general secretary of the National Liberation Front party. He was defeated in the Algerian presidential election of April 8, 2004 by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, taking only 6.4% of the... (F) |
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| 2003-05-05/2005-10-25/ | Ouyahia (R) | |||
| Minister of regional planning and the environment | Chérif Rahmani | /2005-10-25/ | Kyoto | |
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| 2006-05-24/2006-12-17/ | Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem is an Algerian politician who is the Minister of State, Personal Representative of the Head of State. He previously served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 2006 to 2008. He is the Secretary-General of the National Liberation Front .Belkhadem was born in Aflou, Laghouat... (F) |
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| Minister of land management and environment | Chérif Rahmani | /2006-12-17/ | ||
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| 2008-06-23/ | Ouyahia (R) | |||
Andorra
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1994-12-21/ | Forné Molné Marc Forné Molné Marc Forné i Molné was the Head of Government of Andorra from 7 December 1994 to 27 May 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after he won the April 2005 election... (L Liberal Party of Andorra The Liberal Party of Andorra is a centre-right, conservative-liberal, political party and the largest party in Andorra. It was founded in 1992 by Marc Forné, who became Head of Government in 1994... ) |
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| Minister of agriculture and the environment | Olga Adellach Coma Olga Adellach Coma Olga Adellach Coma is an Andorran politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Andorra.-External links:*... (L) |
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| Minister of agriculture and the environment | Olga Adellach Coma (L) | 2001/2005 | ||
| 2005-05-27/2009-06-05 | Pintat Albert Pintat Albert Pintat Santolària was the head of government of Andorra fom 27 May 2005 to 5 June 2009.Pintat graduated from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1967, majoring in economics.... (L) |
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| 2009-06-05/ | Bartumeu Jaume Bartumeu Jaume Bartumeu Cassany is an Andorran lawyer and politician, who served as head of government from 2009 to 2011. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party in June 2000, in which he held the position of first secretary between 2000 and 2004... (S Social Democratic Party (Andorra) The Social Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Andorra.In the April 24 2005 legislative elections, the party came second in the elections, with 38.1 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 28 seats. It remained in opposition to the government of the Liberal Party of Andorra... ) |
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| Minister of territorial planning, environment, and agriculture | Vicenç Alay Ferrer (S) | 2010 |
Angola
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1975-11-11/1979-09-10 | Neto Agostinho Neto António Agostinho Neto served as the first President of Angola , leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the war for independence and the civil war... (M) |
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| 1979-09-10/ | Dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who has been the second and current President of Angola since 1979. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos is also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces and president of the MPLA , the party that has been ruling Angola since... (M) |
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| none | 1985 | |||
| none | 1991 | |||
| Minister of environment and urban development | Virgilio Ferreira de Fontes Pereira | /2004-10-22 | ||
| Minister of urbanism and environment | Diakunpuna Sita José | 2004-10-22/ | Kyoto | |
| Minister of the environment | Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim | 2010-01-08/ | ||
Antigua and Barbuda
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1967-02-27/1971-02-14 | V. Bird Vere Bird Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr. was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, succeeded him as Prime Minister. In 1994 he was declared a national hero.... (A Antigua Labour Party The Antigua Labour Party is the former ruling political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It has long been led by Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and political leader in 1994. The party was founded by Lester's father, V.C. Bird... ) |
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| 1971-02-14/1976-02-01 | Walter George Walter Sir George Herbert Walter KNH was an Antiguan politician of the Progressive Labour Movement and Premier of Antigua and Barbuda from 14 February 1971 to 1 February 1976.-Political career:... (P Progressive Labour Movement The Progressive Labour Movement was a major political party in Antigua and Barbuda, and until the 2000s, was the only political party to have defeated the Antigua Labour Party in an election.-History:... ) |
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| 1976-02-01/1985 | V. Bird (A) | |||
| none | 1985 | Kyoto | ||
| none | 1991-07 | |||
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| 1994-03-09/2004-03-24 | L. Bird Lester Bird Lester Bryant Bird was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party from 1971 to 1993, then became Prime Minister when his father, Vere Bird, the previous Prime Minister, resigned.Bird was born on February... (A) |
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| 2004-03-24/ | Spencer Baldwin Spencer Winston Baldwin Spencer is the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. He has been Prime Minister since March 24, 2004, when his party, the United Progressive Party , which he had led as the opposition party for several years, won a parliamentary election... (U United Progressive Party (Antigua and Barbuda) The United Progressive Party is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It is led by Baldwin Spencer, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and has the majority of seats in the Antiguan House of Representatives.-Foundation:... ) |
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| Minister of environment | Wilmoth Daniel | /2006-04-10/ | ||
| Minister of agriculture, lands, housing, and the environment | Hilson Baptiste | /2009-11-11/ | ||
Argentina
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1981 | Videla | ||
| none | 1985 | Alfonsín Raúl Alfonsín Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer, politician and statesman, who served as the President of Argentina from December 10, 1983, to July 8, 1989. Alfonsín was the first democratically-elected president of Argentina following the military government known as the National Reorganization... |
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| none | 1991-07 | Menem Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:... |
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| 2001-09-28 | Kyoto | |||
| Secretary of environment and sustainable development | Romina Picolotti | 2006-06-27/ | Kirchner Néstor Kirchner Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ... |
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Armenia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Vartan Ayvazyan | |||
| none | 2009 | Sargsyan | ||
Aruba
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| none | Oduber Nelson O. Oduber Nelson Orlando Oduber was the Prime Minister of Aruba. He is a member of the Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo . He was prime minister for the first time from 1989 until 1994, when his party lost parliamentary elections, and has been prime minister again from 2001 until 2009... |
Australia
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| none | 1968-01-10/1971-03-10 | Gorton John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH , Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia.-Early life:... (Li Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... ) |
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| 1971-03-10/1971-05-31 | McMahon William McMahon Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH , was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Australia... (Li) |
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| Minister for the environment, Aborigines, and the arts | Peter Howson Peter Howson (Australian politician) Peter Howson, CMG was an Australian politician.-Biography:Howson was born in London, England in 1919 to Jessie and George Arthur Howson, and was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College, Cambridge... (Li) |
1971-05-31/1972-12-05 | ||||
| Gough Whitlam Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the... (La Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... ) |
1972-12-05/1972-12-19 | Whitlam (La) | ||||
| Minister for the environment and conservation | Moss Cass Moss Cass Moses Henry Cass is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia, Cass was educated in state schools before graduating in Medicine from the University of Sydney and worked as a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and as... (La) |
1972-12-19/1975-04-21 | ||||
| Minister for the environment | 1975-04-21/1975-06-06 | |||||
| Jim Cairns Jim Cairns James Ford "J. F." Cairns , Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government... (La) |
1975-06-06/1975-07-02 | |||||
| Gough Whitlam (La) | 1975-07-02/1975-07-14 | |||||
| Joe Berinson Joe Berinson Joseph Max "Joe" Berinson is a former Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1969 election until his defeat by Ross McLean at the 1975 election, representing the division of Perth, Western Australia... (La) |
1975-07-14/1975-11-11 | |||||
| 1975-11-11/1975-11-12 | Fraser Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL, PC is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role... (Li) |
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| Andrew Peacock Andrew Peacock Andrew Sharp Peacock AC, GCL , is a former Australian Liberal politician. He was a minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments, and was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia 1983–1985 and 1989–1990... (Li) |
1975-11-12/1975-12-22 | |||||
| Minister for the environment, housing, and community development | Ivor Greenwood Ivor Greenwood Ivor John Greenwood was an Australian politician and barrister.-Biography:Greenwood was born in North Melbourne and educated at Hartwell Central State School, Mont Albert Central State School, Scotch College and the University of Melbourne... (Li) |
1975-12-22/1976-07-08 | ||||
| Kevin Newman Kevin Newman (Australian politician) Kevin Eugene Newman AO was an Australian soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army, serving in Malaysia and the Vietnam War.... (Li) |
1976-07-08/1977-12-20 | |||||
| Ray Groom Ray Groom Raymond John "Ray" Groom, AO is a lawyer and former Australian sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years... (Li) |
1977-12-20/1978-12-05 | |||||
| Minister for science and the environment | James Webster James Webster (Australian politician) James Joseph Webster is a former member of the Australian Senate.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, he worked as an accountant and farmer prior to entering politics... (N National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... ) |
1978-12-05/1979-12-08 | ||||
| David Thomson David Thomson (Australian politician) David Scott Thomson is a former Australian politician. He was the National Country Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Leichhardt from the 1975 election until his defeat by John Gayler at the 1983 election... (N) |
1979-12-08/1980-11-03 | |||||
| Minister for home affairs and environment | Robert Ellicott (Li) | 1980-11-03/1981-02-17 | ||||
| Michael MacKellar Michael MacKellar Michael John Randal MacKellar, AM is an Australian politician and was the Liberal Member for Warringah from 1969 until 1994. He is the current president of the National Ageing Research Institute , Melbourne, Australia.... (Li) |
1981-02-17/1981-03-19 | |||||
| Ian Wilson Ian Wilson (politician) Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson , solicitor, company director and Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sir Keith Wilson, a prominent United Australia Party and Liberal Party politician... (Li) |
1981-03-19/1982-05-07 | |||||
| Tom McVeigh Tom McVeigh Daniel Thomas "Tom" McVeigh is a former Australian politician.McVeigh was born in Allora, Queensland and was a farmer before entering the Australian Parliament... (N) |
1982-05-07/1983-03-11 | |||||
| Barry Cohen Barry Cohen Barry Cohen AM is a former Australian Labor politician. He was a minister in the government of Bob Hawke.-Biography:He was born in Griffith, New South Wales and educated at Griffith High School, Sydney Grammar School and North Sydney Technical High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the... (La) |
1983-03-11/1984-12-13 | Hawke Bob Hawke Robert James Lee "Bob" Hawke AC GCL was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from March 1983 to December 1991 and therefore longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister.... (La) |
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| Minister for the arts, heritage, and the environment | 1984-12-13/1987-07-24 | |||||
| Minister for the arts, sport, environment, tourism, and territories | John Brown (La) | 1987-07-24/1988-01-19 | ||||
| Graham Richardson Graham Richardson Graham Frederick Richardson , a former Australian politician, was a Senator for New South Wales from 1983–94 for the Australian Labor Party, a senior minister in Hawke and Keating governments, and is now a political lobbyist, public speaker, and media commentator. During his time in politics,... (La) |
1988-01-19/1990-04-04 | |||||
| Ros Kelly Ros Kelly Ros Kelly AO was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Canberra from 18 October 1980 to 30 January 1995. She was a minister in the governments of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.... (La) |
1990-04-04/1991-12-20 | |||||
| 1991-12-20/1991-12-27 | Keating Paul Keating Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election... (La) |
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| Minister for the arts, sport, environment, and territories | 1991-12-27/1993-03-24 | |||||
| Minister for the environment, sport, and territories | 1993-03-24/1994-03-01 | |||||
| Graham Richardson (La) | 1994-03-01/1994-03-25 | |||||
| John Faulkner John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Following a period serving on various Senate Committees and as Deputy Whip, he was a Minister in the Keating Labor government 1993-96... (La) |
1994-03-25/1996-03-11 | |||||
| Robert Hill Robert Hill Robert Hill may refer to:*Robert Hill , former Australian Senator, Defence Minister and Ambassador to the United Nations*Robert Andrews Hill , U.S. federal judge*Robert C. Hill , American diplomat... (Li) |
1996-03-11/1997-10-09 | Howard John Howard John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies.... (Li) |
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| Minister for the environment | 1997-10-09/1998-10-21 | |||||
| Minister for the environment and heritage | 1998-10-21/2001-11-26 | |||||
| David Kemp (Li) | 2001-11-26/2004-07-18 | |||||
| Ian Campbell Ian Campbell (Australian politician) Ian Gordon Campbell , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Western Australia between 1990 and 2007.-Early life:... (Li) |
2004-07-18/2007-01-30 | |||||
| Minister for the environment and water resources | Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division... (Li) |
2007-01-30/2007-12-03 | ||||
| Minister for the environment, heritage and the arts Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Australia) The current Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities is Tony Burke, who took over from Peter Garrett . The Minister and department change took effect in the Second Gillard Ministry on 14 September 2010... |
Peter Garrett Peter Garrett Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002... (La) |
2007-12-03/2010-06-24 | Rudd Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010... (La) |
Kyoto | ||
| 2010-06-24/2010-09-14 | Gillard Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved... (La) |
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| Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | Tony Burke Tony Burke Anthony Stephen 'Tony' Burke is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party, and the current Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities . He first entered public office in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council... |
2010-09-14/ | ||||
Austria
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Federal minister for environment, youth, and family affairs | Martin Bartenstein | /1996-05-01/ | ||
| Minister of agriculture, forestry, environment, and water management | Josef Proell | Schüssel Wolfgang Schüssel Wolfgang Schüssel is an Austrian People's Party politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007... |
Azerbaijan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| None | Rasizade Artur Rasizade Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizada , often spelled as Artur Rasizade , is the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan. Rasizada was a long-time Communist Party member during the Azerbaijan SSR period... |
The Bahamas
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1981 | Pindling Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling KCMG, OM, JP , is generally regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to Majority Rule on 10 January 1967 and then to independence on 10 July 1973. He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as... |
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| none | 1991-07 | |||
| Minister of health and the environment | Marcus C. Bethel | Christie Perry Christie Perry Gladstone Christie is a Bahamian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007... |
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Bahrain
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1981 | Khalifa bin Salman Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971, hence is the longest-serving unelected prime minister in the world... |
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| none | 1985 | |||
| none | 1991-07 | |||
| Minister of state for municipal and environmental affair | Jawad Salem Al-Orayyed | /2002-09-02/ | WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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Bangladesh
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1981 | Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. However, he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle to establish Bangladesh.... |
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| none | 1985 | Ershad Hossain Mohammad Ershad Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad is a Bangladeshi politician who was President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990. Previously, he was Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army and then Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1982.... |
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| Minister of state for environment and forests | Abdullah Al Noman | 1991-07 | Zia Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until... |
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| Minister for forest, fisheries, livestock, and environment | /1993-06-30/1993-07-01/ | |||
| Minister of environment and forest | Shahjahan Siraj | /2004/ | Zia Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until... |
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| Tariqul Islam | /2005-01-17/ | |||
| Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim | ||||
Barbados
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of housing, lands, and environment | Lionel Craig | 1981 | Adams John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham "Tom" Adams was a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985.-Personal life:... |
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| Minister of tourism and the environment | Aaron Truss | 1985 | St. John Harold Bernard St. John The Rt. Hon. Sir Harold Bernard St. John, KA was a Barbadian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Barbados from 1985 to 1986. He was leader of the Barbados Labour Party from 1970 to 1971 and again from 1985 to 1987. He was widely known as "Bree".St. John was born in the Parish... |
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| 1987-06-01/1994-09-07 | Sandiford Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, KA is a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994.... |
Earth Summit Earth Summit The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.-Overview:... |
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| Minister of labour, consumer affairs, and the environment | Warwick Franklin | 1991 | ||
| 1994-09-07/ | Arthur Owen Arthur Owen Seymour Arthur, MP was the fifth Prime Minister of Barbados who was in office from 1994 to 2008 and is the current Leader of Opposition in Barbados. To date, he is the longest serving Barbadian Prime Minister.... |
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| Minister of physical development and environment | Elizabeth Thompson | /2002-09-03/ | WSSD | |
| Minister of energy and the environment | 2006-02/ | |||
| Minister of housing, lands, and environment | ||||
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| 2008-01-16/ | Thompson David Thompson (Barbadian politician) David John Howard Thompson, QC, MP was the sixth Prime Minister of Barbados from January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010.... |
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| Minister of environment, water resources, and drainage | Denis Lowe | /2008-12-11/ |
Belarus
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-12-19/ | Sidorsky Sergey Sidorsky Sergei Sergeevich Sidorsky was Prime Minister of Belarus from 10 July 2003 to 28 December 2010... |
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| Minister of natural resources and environmental protection | Leonty I. Khoruzhik |
Belgium
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment, consumer protection, and sustainable development | Freya Van den Bossche Freya Van den Bossche Freya Van den Bossche is a Belgian, Flemish politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Protection in the Belgian federal government... |
2003-07-12/2004-07-19 | ||
| Minister of the environment and pensions | Bruno Tobback Bruno Tobback Bruno Tobback was the Minister of Environment and Pensions in the Belgian federal government from 2004 until 2007. He is a Flemish socialist and member of the Different Socialist Party , and the son of former minister and current Mayor of Leuven Louis Tobback... |
2004-07-20/ |
Belize
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1985 | Esquivel Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:... |
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| none | 1991-08 | Price George Cadle Price George Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation".... |
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| 1998-08-28/ | Musa Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize... |
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| Minister of natural resources, the environment, and industry | John Briceño John Briceño Juan Antonio Briceño, commonly known as "John" or "Johnny" , is a Belizean politician who has been the leader of the People's United Party , as well as the Leader of the Opposition, since 2008. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister from 1998 to 2007.-Political career of Briceno:Briceño was born... |
/1999-10-05/2000-10-27/ | ||
| Minister of natural resources and the environment, commerce, and industry | 2001-10-15/2004-01-26/ | WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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| Minister of health and the environment | Vildo Marin | /2004-08-18/2004-10-29/ | ||
| Minister of natural resources and the environment | John Briceño | /2004-12-28/ | ||
| Minister of natural resources, local government, and the environment | /2005-07-14/2005-10-03/ | |||
| Minister of natural resources and the environment | /2007-01-17/ | |||
| Florencio Marin | 2007-06-05/2007-11-16/ | |||
| 2008-02-08/ | Barrow Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow is Prime Minister of Belize and leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election... |
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| Gaspar Vega Gaspar Vega Gaspar Vega is a Belizean politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment in Belize.He is also the area representative for the Orange Walk North Constituency. Vega is originally from San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District.-References:... |
/2008-05-17/2008-05-22/ | |||
Benin
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1981 | Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou, was President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 17 years, for most of that time under an officially Marxist-Leninist ideology, before he was stripped of his powers by the National Conference of... |
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| 1985 | ||||
| 1991-08 | Soglo Nicéphore Soglo Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo is a Beninois politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996. He has been the Mayor of Cotonou since 2003.-Biography:Soglo was born in Togo... |
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| Minister of the environment, housing, and urban planning | Luc-Marie Constant Gnacadja Luc Gnacadja Luc-Marie Constant Gnacadja is a Beninese politician and an architect. Under President Mathieu Kérékou, he was Minister of the Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning from June 1999 to February 2005... |
1999-06/2005-02 | Kérékou | |
| Minister of environment and natural protection | Jean-Pierre Babatounde | /2006-11-30/ | Boni Yayi Boni Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni , a Beninese banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning elections held in the previous month.-Biography:... |
WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
| Minister of environment and conservation of nature | Koudenoukpo Biaou Juliette | /2007-11-05/ | Yayi Yayi Boni Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni , a Beninese banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning elections held in the previous month.-Biography:... |
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Bermuda
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Arthur DO Hodgson | 1998-11-10/~2000-11 | Smith | |
| Terry Lister | ~2000-11/~2001-10 | |||
| Dennis Lister | ~2001-10/2003-07-30 | |||
| D. Neletha Butterfield | 2003-07-30/ | Scott William Alexander Scott William Alexander "Alex" Scott JP, MP is a politician in Bermuda who is the MP for the Warwick South East constituency. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party .... |
Bhutan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /2002-09-03/ | ||||
| 2003-08-30/2004-08-20 | Jigme Yoser Thinley Lyonpo Jigme Thinley Lyonchen Jigme Yoser Thinley has been the Prime Minister of Bhutan since April 2008. "Lyonchen" is a title, meaning "prime minister".-Biography:... |
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| Deputy minister of the national environment commission | Dasho Nado Rinchen | Zimba Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba is a political figure from Bhutan. He was Prime Minister of Bhutan two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from August 20, 2004 to September 5, 2005... |
Bolivia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of sustainable development and planning | /2002-09-02/ | |||
| Minister of sustainable development | Gustavo Pedraza Merida | Mesa Gisbert | ||
| Erwin Aguilera |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 15px
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| /2002-09-03/ | ||||
| Minister of urban planning and environment (Federation government) | Ramiz Mehmedagic | Hadzipasic Ahmet Hadžipašic Ahmet Hadžipašić was the former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . He was a member of the Bosniak community and Party of Democratic Action. Hadžipašić got his PhD in 1990. Mr... (FG) |
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| Minister of urban planning, environment, and construction (Republika Srpska) | Mensur Sehagic | |||
| Minister of urban planning, environment, and construction (Republika Srpska) | Hrusto Tupekovic |
Botswana
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment, wildlife, and tourism | Pelonomi Venson | |||
| Kitso Mokaila Kitso Mokaila Kitso Mokaila is a politician in Botswana. He was elected to the National Assembly in the October 2004 general election, representing the governing Botswana Democratic Party... |
Mogae Festus Mogae Festus Gontebanye Mogae is a Botswana politician who was President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was reelected in October 2004; after ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Ian Khama... |
Brazil
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /1992-06-03/ | ||||
| Minister of environment | Marina Silva Marina Silva Maria Osmarina Marina Silva Vaz de Lima is a Brazilian environmentalist and politician. Ms. Silva was a colleague of Chico Mendes, who was assassinated for defending the Amazon environment. She was a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores until August 19, 2009 and served as a senator before... |
/2006-11-16/2008-05-13 | Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as... |
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| Carlos Minc Carlos Minc Carlos Minc is a Brazilian geographer, professor, environmentalist, politician and Minister of Environment in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's second term as president of Brazil.-Personal life:... |
2008-05/ |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah General Haji Sir Hassan al-Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah GCB GCMG is the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the 29th Sultan of Brunei and the first Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam... |
Kingdom of Bulgaria
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and water | Dolores Borissova Arssenova | Sakskoburggotski |
Burkina Faso
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Dakar Djibrill | Yonli Paramanga Ernest Yonli Paramanga Ernest Yonli, also known as Ernest Paramanga Yonli , is a Burkinabé politician and diplomat who was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from November 7, 2000 to June 11, 2007. Since January 2008, Yonli has been the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States... |
Burundi
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of land management, environment, and tourism | Albert Mbonerane |
Cambodia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Environment | Mok Mareth Mok Mareth Mok Mareth is a Cambodian politician and Minister of the Environment. He was born in Rumchang, Samraŏng District, Takeo province, Cambodia.-Political career:... |
/1993-10-18/1998-12-22/ | Hun Sen Hun Sen Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979... |
Cameroon
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and forests | Clarkson Oben Tanyi-Mbianyor | /2002-09-04/2002-11-04/ | WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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| Minister of environment and nature protection | Pierre Hele Pierre Hélé Pierre Hélé is a Cameroonian politician, currently serving in the government of Cameroon as Minister of the Environment and the Protection of Nature... |
/2005-04-21/ |
Canada
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1968-04-20/1971-06-10 | Trudeau Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,... (L Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... ) |
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| Minister of the environment Minister of the Environment (Canada) The Minister of the Environment is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada... |
Jack Davis Jack Davis (Canadian politician) John Davis, PC was a Canadian politician from British Columbia who was elected both federally and provincially.-Early life and education:... (L) |
1971-06-11/1974-08-07 | ||
| Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation.... (L) |
1974-08-08/1975-12-04 | |||
| Roméo LeBlanc Roméo LeBlanc Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation.... (L) (acting) |
1975-12-05/1976-01-21 | |||
| Jean Marchand Jean Marchand Jean Marchand, PC, CC was a well known French Canadian public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada.... (L) |
1976-01-22/1976-06-30 | |||
| Roméo LeBlanc (L) (acting) | 1976-07-01/1976-09-13 | |||
| Minister of fisheries and environment | 1976-09-14/1979-04-01 | |||
| Minister of the environment | Leonard Marchand Leonard Marchand Leonard Stephen Marchand, PC, CM is a former Canadian politician. He was the first person of First Nations ethnicity to serve in the federal cabinet, and was the first Status Indian to serve as a Member of Parliament.... (L) |
1979-04-02/1979-06-03 | ||
| John Allen Fraser John Allen Fraser John Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC is a retired Canadian parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons.... (PC Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... ) |
1979-06-04/1980-03-02 | Clark Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician... (PC) |
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| John Roberts (L) | 1980-03-03/1983-08-11 | Trudeau (L) | ||
| Charles Caccia Charles Caccia Charles L. Caccia, PC was a Canadian politician.Caccia was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the Toronto riding of Davenport between 1968 and 2004.Caccia was born in 1930 in Milan, Italy... (L) |
1983-08-12/1984-06-29 | |||
| 1984-06-30/1984-09-16 | Turner (L) | |||
| Suzanne Blais-Grenier Suzanne Blais-Grenier Suzanne Blais-Grenier, PC is a former Canadian politician.Blais-Grenier was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 federal election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. She represented the riding of Rosemont, Quebec... (PC) |
1984-09-17/1985-08-19 | Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S... (PC) |
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| Thomas Michael McMillan Thomas Michael McMillan Thomas Michael "Tom" McMillan, PC in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada is a Canadian political scientist and former politician.... (PC) |
1985-08-20/1988-12-07 | |||
| Lucien Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Lucien Bouchard, is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat, politician and former Minister of the Environment of the Canadian Federal Government. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and the 27th Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001... (PC) (acting) |
1988-12-08/1989-01-29 | |||
| 1989-01-30/1990-05-21 | ||||
| Frank Oberle Frank Oberle, Sr. Frank Oberle, Sr., PC is a businessman and former Canadian politician.Born in Forchheim near Karlsruhe, Germany, Oberle moved with his family to German-occupied Poland in 1941. There he was placed in a Hitler Youth indoctrination program... (PC) (acting) |
1990-05-22/1990-05-22 | |||
| Robert de Cotret Robert de Cotret Robert René de Cotret, PC was a Canadian politician.Robert de Cotret was an economist and corporate executive before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1978 by-election... (PC) (acting) |
1990-05-23/1990-09-19 | |||
| 1990-09-20/1991-04-20 | ||||
| Jean Charest Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998.... (PC) |
1991-04-21/1993-06-24 | Earth Summit Earth Summit The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.-Overview:... |
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| Pierre H. Vincent Pierre H. Vincent Pierre H. Vincent, PC is a tax lawyer and former Canadian politician.-Member of Parliament:Vincent was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 electoral landslide that brought Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party to power... (PC) |
1993-06-25/1993-11-03 | Campbell Kim Campbell Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993... (PC) |
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| Sheila Copps Sheila Copps Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997.... (L) |
1993-11-04/1996-01-24 | Chrétien Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003.... (L) |
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| Sergio Marchi Sergio Marchi Sergio Marchi, PC is a Canadian diplomat and former politician.Marchi was born in Argentina to an Italian family who subsequently emigrated to Canada... (L) |
1996-01-25/1997-06-10 | |||
| Christine Stewart Christine Stewart Christine Susan Stewart, PC is a former Canadian politician. A Liberal Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Northumberland, she was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as an Opposition member by a margin of 27 votes in 1988... (L) |
1997-06-11/1999-08-02 | |||
| David Anderson (L) | 1999-08-03/2003-12-11 | WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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| 2003-12-12/2004-07-19 | Martin Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.... (L) |
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| Stéphane Dion Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008... (L) |
2004-07-20/2006-02-05 | |||
| Rona Ambrose Rona Ambrose Ronalee "Rona" Ambrose, PC, MP is the Minister of Public Works and Government Services for Canada, Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board Cabinet committee, Minister of State for Status of Women Canada and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.In the previous Parliament, she was Canada's Minister... (C Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... ) |
2006-02-06/2007-01-03 | Harper Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election... (C) |
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| John Baird John Baird (Canadian politician) John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.... (C) |
2007-01-04/2008-10-29 | |||
| Jim Prentice Jim Prentice James "Jim" Prentice, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, and politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada... (C) |
2008-10-30/2010-11-05 | |||
| John Baird John Baird (Canadian politician) John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.... (C) |
2010-11-07/ | |||
Cape Verde
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment, agriculture, and fisheries | Maria Madalena Neves | Neves José Maria Neves José Maria Pereira Neves on the island of Santiago , is the Prime Minister of Cape Verde.“José Maria Neves became interested in the politics and government of Cape Verde as a teen-ager.” “He was the leader of a nationalist youth organization during the country’s transition from Portuguese rule to... |
Cayman Islands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for tourism, environment, and transportation | William McKeeva Bush McKeeva Bush William McKeeva Bush, OBE , is a Caymanian politician and the current Premier of the Cayman Islands. He also serves as leader of the United Democratic Party and the first elected member for West Bay... |
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Central African Republic
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Joseph Ki Tiki Kouamba | Gaombalet Célestin Gaombalet Célestin Leroy Gaombalet is a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2005. He has been President of the National Assembly since 2005.-Biography:Gaombalet was born in the village of Grimari.... |
Chad
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment and water resources | Oumar Kadjalami Boukar | /2002-06-13 | Yamassoum Nagoum Yamassoum Nagoum Yamassoum is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from 1999 to 2002 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005.... |
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| 2002-06-13/2003-06-24 | Kabadi Haroun Kabadi Haroun Kabadi is a Chadian political figure. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and has been President of the National Assembly of Chad since June 2011.... |
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| 2003-06-24/2004-07-24 | Faki Moussa Faki Moussa Faki Mahamat is a Chadian political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Chad from June 24, 2003 until February 4, 2005, and is a member of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He is part of the Zaghawa ethnic group, the same group as President Idriss Déby... |
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| Adoum Diar | 2004-07-24/2005-02-04 | |||
| 2005-02-04/ | Yoadimnadji Pascal Yoadimnadji Pascal Yoadimnadji served as the Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to February 2007.-Biography:Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the Logone Oriental Region of southern Chad... |
Chile
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 2007-03-27 | Bachelet Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country... |
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| Minister of the environment | Ana Lya Uriarte | 2007-03-27/2008-09-22/ | ||
Mainland China
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environmental protection Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China , formerly State Environmental Protection Administration , is a cabinet-level ministry in the executive branch of the Chinese Government . It replaced the SEPA during the March 2008 National People's Congress sessions in... |
Xie Zhenhua Xie Zhenhua Xie Zhenhua is Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.-Biography:Xie Zhenhua was born in Tianjin. He graduated from the of Tsinghua University with an Engineering Physics degree... |
Wen Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao is the sixth and current Premier and Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy... |
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| Zhou Shengxian Zhou Shengxian Zhou Shengxian is the first and current Minister of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China. Zhou was born in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1972, and is a senior economist... |
Colombia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1990-08-07/1994-08-07 | Gaviria César Gaviria César Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian politician and a Latin American statesman. He served as President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 until 2004.-Early life:... |
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| Minister of environment | Jose Mogelan | /1996-05-01/ | ||
| Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Regional Development | Sandra Suarez Perez | Uribe Álvaro Uribe Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid.... |
Comoros
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministre du developpement rural, de la peche | Mohamed Abdoulhamid |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State commissioner for environment, conservation, and tourism | Massambwa Kamitatu | 1980-01/ | Nguza Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond was a prominent Zairian politician.Born in Musumba, Lualaba District, a member of the Lunda tribe and a nephew of the Katangan leader, Moise Tshombe, Nguza was a pock-marked child who rose rapidly through government posts and gained the favour of President Mobutu Sese... |
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| State commissioner for environment, preservation of nature, and tourism | Ndjoli Balanga | 1985 | Kengo Kengo Wa Dondo Léon Kengo Wa Dondo served as the "first state commissioner" several times under Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaïre. He was one of the most powerful figures in the regime and was a strong advocate of economic globalization and free-market economics... |
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| Minister of environment and conservation of nature | Katende Ngunza | 1991 | Mulumba | |
| Minister of environment | Anselme Enerunga | Kabila Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila... |
Republic of the Congo
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of industry, mines, and environment | Michel Mampouya | rowspan="2" valign="top" | ||
| Minister of forestry, economy, and environment | Henri Djombo Henri Djombo Henri Djombo is a Congolese politician. He has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of the Forest Economy since 1997 and is a member of the Congolese Labour Party .-Early life and political career:... |
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Cook Islands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Ngamau Munokoa Ngamau Munokoa Ngamau Mere Munokoa OBE , also known as "Aunty Mau", is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. She was the third woman elected to the Cook Islands Parliament and the first to hold the post of Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister... |
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| Tom Masters | Marurai Jim Marurai Jim Marurai is a Cook Islands politician and former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Personal life:... |
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Costa Rica
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment and energy | Carlos Manuel Rodriguez |
Côte d'Ivoire 15px
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Angele Gnonsoa | Diarra Seydou Diarra Seydou Elimane Diarra is an Ivorian political figure who was Prime Minister in 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005.Diarra was born in Katiola. Prior to joining the government, he was an Ambassador to the European Economic Community and Brazil and was President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry... |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1991-07-17/1992-08-12 | ||||
| Minister of environmental protection, physical planning, and construction | Marina Matulović Dropulić | Sanader Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader |Split]]) is a Croatian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009.Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also later worked in the 1980s. He worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and also as a private... |
Cuba
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of science, technology, and environment |  Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín was the Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment in Cuba. Her role in government includes raising awareness of environmental issues amongst Cubans.-Career:... |
Castro Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011... |
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Cyprus
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of agriculture, natural resources, and environment | /2002-09-03/ | |||
| Efthymios Efthymiou | Papadopoulos Tassos Papadopoulos Tassos Nikolaou Papadopoulos was a Cypriot politician. He served as the fifth President of the Republic of Cyprus from February 28, 2003 to February 28, 2008.His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Assia. He was the first of three children... |
Czech Republic
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | František Benda | |||
| Jiří Skalický | ||||
| Martin Bursík Martin Bursík Martin Bursík is a Czech politician. Bursík has twice served as Minister of Environment and is also former chairman of the Green Party.- Early life and education :... |
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| Miloš Kužvart | ||||
| Libor Ambrozek | /2002-12-04/ | |||
| Petr Kalaš | ||||
| Martin Bursík | /2008-12-11/ | Topolánek Mirek Topolánek Mirek Topolánek is a former prime minister of the Czech Republic and former President of the European Council. A member of the Civic Democratic Party, he was chairman of the center-right party between November 2002 and March 2010, succeeding Václav Klaus, who was elected President in 2003.On 24... |
Denmark
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for the environment Minister for the Environment (Denmark) Minister for the Environment of Denmark is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet... |
Helge Nielsen (S Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark... ) |
1973-09-27/1973-12-18 | Jørgensen Anker Jørgensen Anker Jørgensen is a former Danish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. He led or represented the Social Democratic Party for well over 30 years.-Early political and personal life:... (S) |
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| 1973-12-18/1973-12-19 | Hartling Poul Hartling Poul Hartling was a Danish diplomat and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1973 to 1975.... (V) |
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| Minister for the environment and Greenland | Holger Hansen (V Venstre (Denmark) VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark... ) |
1973-12-19/1975-02-13 | ||
| Minister for the environment | Helge Nielsen (S) | 1975-02-13/1977-01-26 | Jørgensen (S) | |
| Svend Jakobsen (S) | 1977-01-26/1977-02-26 | |||
| Niels Matthiasen (S) | 1977-02-26/1978-08-30 | |||
| Ivar Nørgaard Ivar Nørgaard Ivar Nørgaard , also spelled Ivar Noergaard, was a Danish politician, former economics minister and member of the Social Democrats. Noorgaard led the negotiations for Denmark's ascension into the European Union in 1973.Noorgaard served as the head of several ministries within Social Democratic... (S) |
1978-08-30/1980-02-28 | |||
| Erik Holst (S) | 1980-02-28/1982-09-10 | |||
| Minister for the environment and Nordic affairs | Christian Christensen (K Christian Democrats (Denmark) The Christian Democrats are a political party in Denmark. The party was founded in 1970 to oppose the liberalization of restrictions on pornography and the legalization of abortion.... ) |
1982-09-10/1987-09-10 | Schlüter Poul Schlüter Poul Holmskov Schlüter is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.Born in Tønder, south Jutland, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1957 with a degree in law, and joined the bar in 1960. Schlüter was a member of the Danish Parliament for the... (C Conservative People's Party (Denmark) The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition... ) |
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| Minister for the environment | 1987-09-10/1988-06-03 | |||
| Lone Dybkjær Lone Dybkjær Lone Dybkjær , is a Danish politician. She graduated from Rungsted Statsskole in 1958 and took a Master of Engineering in chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark in 1964.... (B) |
1988-06-03/1990-12-18 | |||
| Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller was Culture Minister of Denmark. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27,... (C) |
1990-12-18/1993-01-25 | |||
| Svend Auken Svend Auken Svend Gunnarsen Auken was a Danish politician. He represented the Social Democrats as a member of the Danish parliament from 1971 until his death.... (S) |
1993-01-25/1994-09-27 | PN Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943), was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and is currently President of the Party of European Socialists . He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002... (S) |
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| Minister for the environment and energy | 1994-09-27/2001-11-27 | |||
| Minister for the environment | Hans Christian Schmidt Hans Christian Schmidt Hans Christian Schmidt is a danish politician and has been the Minister for transportation. A teacher by profession, he was the Danish Minister of Food from 2004 to 2007. Before that, he was the Minister for the Environment from 2001... (V) |
2001-11-27/2004-08-02 | AF Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009.... (V) |
WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
| Connie Hedegaard Connie Hedegaard Connie Hedegaard is a Danish politician and public intellectual who has been European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission since 10 February 2010.... (C) |
2004-08-02/2007-11-23 | |||
| Troels Lund Poulsen Troels Lund Poulsen Troels Lund Poulsen is a Danish politician and has been Minister for Education of Denmark. Prior to that, he became Minister for the Environment following the 2007 Danish parliamentary election. He is member of the parliament for the party Venstre... (V) |
2007-11-23/2009-04-05 | |||
| 2009-04-05/2010-02-23 | LL Rasmussen (V) | |||
| Karen Ellemann Karen Ellemann Karen Ellemann is a Danish member of parliament for the party Venstre and the current Minister for the Environment of Denmark and Minister for Nordic Cooperation.-Personal life:... (V) |
2010-02-23/ |
Djibouti
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of housing, town planning, environment, and national and regional development | Dileita Dileita Mohamed Dileita Dileita Mohamed Dileita has been the Prime Minister of Djibouti since March 2001. He is the Vice-President of the main governing party, the People's Rally for Progress , and is the President of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority .-Biography:Dileita was born in Tadjoura... |
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| Minister of urban planning, housing, environment, national, and regional development | Souleiman Omar Oudine |
Dominica
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Riviere Osborne Riviere Francis Osborne Riviere is a former Foreign Minister of Dominica. He became the foreign minister in 2001, replacing the prime minister, Pierre Charles. He acted as Prime Minister in November 2003, after Pierre Charles was taken ill. Charles died on January 6, 2004... |
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| Minister of agriculture and the environment | Ambrose George Ambrose George Ambrose George is a Dominican politician. He has served as a member of the House of Assembly of Dominica for the Roseau South Constituency since February 2000... |
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Dominican Republic
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of state for the environment and natural resources | /2000-08-18/2004-08-16 | Mejía Hipólito Mejía Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez is a Dominican politician and former President of the Dominican Republic... |
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| Maximiliano Puig Miller | 2004-08-16/ | Fernández Leonel Fernández Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and the current President of the Dominican Republic since 2004. He held the same office from 1996 to 2000... |
Ecuador
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Cesar Alfonso Narvaez | |||
| Fabian Valdivieso | Gutiérrez Lucio Gutiérrez Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa served as President of Ecuador from January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005.- Political rise :Gutiérrez was prominent in a popular uprising that replaced President Jamil Mahuad for three hours in January 2000... |
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| Anita Alban | Palacio Alfredo Palacio Luis Alfredo Palacio González served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a... |
Egypt
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of agriculture, environment, and development | Zegeye Asfaw | /1992-06-14/ | ||
| Minister of environment | Mamdouh Riyadh Tadros | |||
| Minister of state for environment affairs | Nadia Riad Makram Ebeid | /2004-07-14 | Atef Ebeid Atef Ebeid Atef Muhammad Ebeid was the Prime Minister of Egypt from October 1999 to July 2004. President Hosni Mubarak invited him to form the new government after the parliamentary elections in 1999. Ebeid was sworn in on 5 October 1999, replacing Kamal Ganzouri.-Early career and Education:Dr... |
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| Maged George | 2004-07-14/ | Nazif Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Nazif served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011... |
El Salvador
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and natural resources | Walter Jokisch | Flores Francisco Flores Pérez Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez is an ex president of El Salvador. He led the country from June 1 1999 until June 1 2004 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance .-Background:... |
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| Minister of environment | Hugo Barrera | Saca Antonio Saca Elías Antonio Saca González is a Salvadoran politician and was the President of El Salvador. He was elected President in 2004 to serve a five-year term that ended in 2009.... |
Equatorial Guinea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of forestry and environment | Teodorín Nguema Obiang Teodorín Nguema Obiang Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is the son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea, by his first wife, Constancia Okomo... |
Mbasogo Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician who has been President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. He ousted his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, in an August 1979 military coup and has overseen Equatorial Guinea's emergence as an important oil producer, beginning in the 1990s... |
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Eritrea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of land, water, and environment | Weldenkeil Ghebremariam | Afewerki Isaias Afewerki Isaias Afewerki is the first and current President of Eritrea, attaining that status when he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front to victory in May 1991, thus ending the 30-year old armed liberation struggle that the Eritrean people refer to as "Gedli".-Early life and rise to power:Afewerki... |
Estonia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Heiki Kranich | 1999-03-25/2002-01-28 | Laar Mart Laar Mart Laar is an Estonian statesman, historian and a founding member of the Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes. He was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002, and is the leader of the conservative party Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica... |
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| 2002-01-28/2003-03-04/ | Kallas Siim Kallas Siim Kallas is an Estonian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission... |
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| 2003-04-10/2005-04-12 | Parts Juhan Parts Juhan Parts is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2003 to 2005. He was chairman of the Res Publica Party for a time. Since 5 April 2007 he is the Minister of Economy and Communication in Andrus Ansip's second government... |
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| Villu Reiljan | /2005-04-12/ | |||
| 2005-04-12/ | Ansip Andrus Ansip Andrus Ansip is the current Prime Minister of Estonia, and chairman of the market liberal Estonian Reform Party .-Early life and career:... |
Ethiopia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of the Environment | ||||
European Union
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European commissioner for the environment | Stanley Clinton Davis (L Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... , UK) |
1985/1988 | Delors Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors is a French economist and politician, the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office .-French Politics:... (S Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... ) |
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| Carlo Ripa di Meana (V, Italy) | 1989/1992 | |||
| Ioannis Paleokrassas Ioannis Paleokrassas Ioannis Paleokrassas is a Greek politician.He is a former Minister for Finance and a European Commissioner in the Delors Commission. On 14 July 1992 Paleokassas's car was the objective of a rocket attack in Central Athens. The attack missed its target, but killed a passer-by.-References:... (ND New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic... , Greece) |
1993/1995-01-24 | |||
| Ritt Bjerregaard Ritt Bjerregaard Ritt Bjerregaard is a former Danish politician. She is a member of the Danish Social Democrats, and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2009... (S) |
1995-01-25/1999-03-15 | Santer (P European People's Party The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of... ) |
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| 1999-03-16/1999–11-16 | Marín Manuel Marín Manuel Marín González is a Spanish politician, former President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was a long-time member of the European Commission, and President during the interim Marin Commission following the Resignation of the Santer Commission, of which he was a member.-Early life and... (S) |
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| Margot Wallström Margot Wallström Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish social democratic, currently holding the job as . Prior to this post, she served as European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy... (S) |
1999–11-17/2004-11-22 | Prodi Romano Prodi Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008... (L European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe... ) |
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| Stavros Dimas Stavros Dimas Stavros Dimas is a Greek politician who was European Commissioner for the Environment from 2004 to 2009. Since November 2011, he has served in the government of Greece as Minister for Foreign Affairs.-Early career:... (P) |
2004–11-22/2010 | Barroso (P) | ||
| Janez Potočnik Janez Potocnik Janez Potočnik is a Slovenian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Environment. He was formerly the Slovenia's Minister for European Affairs.... (L) |
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Faroe Islands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of finance, economics and environment | Jóngerð Purkhús | 1985-01-10/1989-01-18 | Dam (J Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic, political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Jóannes Eidesgaard.At the legislative elections, 19 January 2008, the party won 19.3% of the popular vote and 6 out of 32 seats.... ) |
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| Minister of energy, environment and education | Signar Hansen | 1989-01-18/1989-06-22 | Sundstein Jógvan Sundstein Jógvan Sundstein is a Faroese politician and member of the Faroese People's Party.Jógvan is the son of Johanna Malena and Hans Jacob Matras Sundstein from Tórshavn. He is married to Lydia from Klaksvík.Jógvan Sundstein is a certified accountant and was a member of numerous boards of directors... (F People's Party (Faroe Islands) The Faroese People's Party – Radical Self-Government is a liberal conservative political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Jørgen Niclasen. One of the four major parties, it's had eight seats in the Løgting since the 2011 election, making it the joint-largest party, but neither of the Faroes'... ) |
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| Minister of education, culture and environment | 1989-06-22/1991-01-15 | |||
| Minister of transport, environment and energy | Svend Aage Ellefsen | 1991-01-15/1993-04-24 | Dam (J) | |
| Minister of environment, energy and local affairs | Signar Hansen | 1993-04-24/1994-09-10 | Petersen Marita Petersen Marita Petersen was the first and to date only female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. She was elected to the Løgting in 1988.... (J) |
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| Minister of environment, energy, education and local affairs | Eilif Samuelsen | 1994-09-10/1998-05-15 | Joensen Edmund Joensen Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen was born in the small village of Oyri on the second largest island of the Faroe Islands, Eysturoy.... (S) |
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| Minister of oil and environment | Eyðun Elttør | 1998-05-15/2004-02-03 | Kallsberg Anfinn Kallsberg Anfinn Kallsberg is a Faroese politician - Prime Minister of his country 1998-2004 - and the leader of the Faroese People's Party... (F) |
Fiji
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| Minister for local government, housing, squatter settlement, and environment | Mataiasi Vave Ragigia |
Finland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1970-07-15/1971-10-29 | Karjalainen Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms... (Ke Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... ) |
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| 1971-10-29/1972-02-22 | Aura Teuvo Aura Teuvo Ensio Aura was a Finnish politician from liberal party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland twice, 1970 and 1971–72.-References:... (-) |
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| 1972-02-22/1972-09-04 | Paasio Rafael Paasio Kustaa Rafael Paasio was a prominent Finnish politician and editor from Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Finland twice .... (S Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... ) |
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| 1972-09-04/1975-06-13 | Sorsa Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister... (S) |
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| 1975-06-13/1975-11-30 | Liinamaa Keijo Liinamaa Keijo Antero Liinamaa was a lawyer and caretaker Prime Minister of Finland.Liinamaa, a lawyer specialised in labour law, began his career working for the Finnish Central Union of Trade Unions . In 1958, at only 29 years of age, he became the town manager of Mänttä, an industrial municipality in... (-) |
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| 1975-11-30/1977-05-15 | Miettunen Martti Miettunen Martti Johannes Miettunen , was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.Miettunen was born in Simo... (Ke) |
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| 1977-05-15/1979-05-26 | Sorsa (S) | |||
| 1979-05-26/1981-09-11 | Koivisto Mauno Koivisto Mauno Henrik Koivisto is a Finnish politician who served as the ninth President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 1979–1982... (S) |
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| 1981-09-11/1982-02-25 | Uusitalo Eino Uusitalo Eino Uusitalo is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.Uusitalo has the education of an agronomist. He was a member of the parliament from 1955 to 1983 from the list of Centre Party. He was Minister of the Interior in Ahti Karjalainen cabinet in 1971 and Miettunen, Sorsa and Koivisto cabinets... (Ke) |
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| 1982-02-25/1987-04-30 | Sorsa (S) | |||
| 1987-04-30/1991-04-26 | Holkeri (Ko) | |||
| 1991-04-26/1994-11-23/ | Aho Esko Aho Esko Tapani Aho is a statesman and former Prime Minister of Finland.-Early life and career:Aho was born in Veteli, Finland. Prior to attending university, he began a career in politics. From 1974 to 1979, he was Chairman of the Finnish Centre Youth, which had before him grown many of his... (Ke) |
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| Minister of the environment | Sirpa Pietikäinen Sirpa Pietikäinen Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party. She is a former Member of Finnish Parliament, former Minister for the Environment , and Member of the European Parliament since 2008... |
/1994-11-23/ | ||
| 1994-11-23/1995-04-13 | ||||
| 1995-04-13/1999-04-14 | Lipponen Paavo Lipponen Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005... (S) |
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| Satu Hassi Satu Hassi Satu Maijastiina Hassi is a Finnish politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the Green League. She served as the Minister of Environment and Development Co-Operation in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 15 April 1999 and 31 May 2002; in accordance with her party's position on... |
1999-04-14/2002-05-31 | |||
| Jouni Backman | 2002-05-31/2003-04-17 | |||
| Minister of the environment and Nordic cooperation | Jan-Erik Enestam Jan-Erik Enestam Jan-Erik Enestam is a Finland-Swedish politician from the Swedish People's Party. He has a degree from the Åbo Akademi university in Turku.... |
2003-04-17/2003-06-24 | Jäätteenmäki Anneli Jäätteenmäki Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki, Master of Laws was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003.... (Ke) |
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| 2003-06-24/2006-11-17/ | Vanhanen Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Finland and a former Chairman of the Centre Party. In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist... (Ke) |
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| Kimmo Tiilikainen | /2008-04-04/ |
Early Modern France
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for the environment Minister of the Environment (France) The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing is an agency of the government of France, centred around a cabinet member who is often referred to as the "Minister of Ecology". This position is occupied by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet... |
Robert Poujade Robert Poujade Robert Poujade is a former French politician. He was mayor of Dijon from 1971 to 2001.-References:... |
/1974 | ||
| André Fosset | 1976/1977 | |||
| Michel d'Ornano Michel d'Ornano Michel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962... |
1978/1981 | |||
| Michel Crépeau Michel Crépeau Michel Crépeau was a French centre-left politician.Born in 1930, barrister, he joined the Radical Party. When it split in 1972, he founded the Movement of Left Radicals which chosen the alliance with the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party... |
1981/1983 | |||
| Huguette Bouchardeau Huguette Bouchardeau Huguette Bouchardeau is a French socialist politician, as well as a publisher , essayist, and biographer.-Political career:... |
1983/1984 | |||
| Haroun Tazieff Haroun Tazieff Haroun Tazieff was a French volcanologist and geologist. He was a famous cinematographer of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, and the author of several books about volcanoes.... |
1984/1986 | |||
| Alain Carignon | 1986/1988 | |||
| Brice Lalonde Brice Lalonde Brice Lalonde is a former green party leader in France, who ran for President of France in the Presidential elections, 1981. In 1988 he was named Minister of the Environment, and in 1990 founded the green party Ecology Generation... |
1988/1992 | |||
| /1992-06-04/1993 | ||||
| Michel Barnier Michel Barnier Michel Barnier is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement and Vice President of the European People's Party . He is the current European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services... |
1993/1995 | |||
| Corinne Lepage Corinne Lepage Corinne Dominique Marguerite Lepage, also known as Corinne Lepage is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the North-West constituency.... |
1996/1997 | |||
| Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet was a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, the mayor of Montreuil and a member of The Greens.-Life:... |
1997/2001 | |||
| Yves Cochet Yves Cochet Yves Cochet is a French politician, member of The Greens. He was minister in the government of Lionel Jospin.He wrote Apocalypse pétrole which was published in 2005.-External links:*... |
2001/2002 | |||
| Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot , is a French politician, current Minister of Solidarities and Social Cohesion, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's PartyShe was the French Minister for Health and Sports until 14... |
2002-05-07/2004-03-31 | Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin... |
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| Serge Lepeltier Serge Lepeltier Serge Lepeltier is a French politician.He studied at École des Hautes Études Commerciales.He was mayor of Bourges in 1995 and again in 2001... [2004-03-31/2005-05-31] |
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| 2005-05-31/2005-06-03 | Villepin Dominique de Villepin Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007.... |
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| Nelly Olin Nelly Olin Nelly Olin is a former Minister of Environment in France under De Villepin's government. From 2004 to 2005, Olin was the Minister-Delegate for Social Security. She is a Senator for the Oise department.-References:... |
2005-06-03/ | |||
| Alain Juppé Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011... |
2007-05-18/2007-06-18 | Fillon François Fillon François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy... |
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| Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Borloo is a French politician, and was the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning between 2007 and 2010.-Professional résumé:Education... |
2007-06-19/2008-12-11/ |
Gabon
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of forest economy, water, fishing, in charge of the environment |
Emile Doumba Emile Doumba Emile Doumba is a Gabonese politician. After heading the International Bank for Trade and Industry of Gabon , he was Minister of Finance from 1999 to 2002, then Minister of the Forest Economy from 2002 to 2009... |
Emane Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane is a Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from 23 January 1999 to 20 January 2006. Since 2008 he has been Mayor of Libreville, the capital.... |
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| Minister of environment | Georgette Koko Georgette Koko Georgette Koko is a Gabonese politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister for the Environment from January 2006 to October 2009.Koko was born in Makokou, located in the Ogooué-Ivindo Province of Gabon... |
/2008-12-11/ |
The Gambia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of state for fisheries, natural resources, and environment | Susan Waffa-Ogoo | Jammeh Yahya Jammeh Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia... |
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| Bai Mass Taal |
Georgia (country)
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Tamar Lebanidze | |||
| /2005-02-03 | Zhvania Zurab Zhvania Zurab Zhvania was a prominent Georgian politician, having served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia as well as Minister without Portfolio. Zhvania assumed premiership on 18 February 2004 and remained on the position until his death on 3 February 2005... |
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| 2005-02-03/2005-02-17 | Baramidze Giorgi Baramidze Giorgi Baramidze was born in 1968, in Tbilisi. He graduated from Technical University of Georgia, majoring in chemical technology. He has conducted scientific researches and is the author of several academic publications. Giorgi Baramidze was one of the founders and key members of the anti-Soviet... |
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| Giorgi Papuashvili | ||||
| 2005-02-17/ | Nogaideli |
Germany
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1969-10-21/1974-05-07 | Brandt Willy Brandt Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987.... (S Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... ) |
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| 1974-05-07/1974-05-16 | Scheel Walter Scheel Walter Scheel is a German politician . He served as Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966, Foreign Minister of Germany and Vice Chancellor from 1969 to 1974, acting Chancellor of Germany from 7 May to 16 May 1974 , and finally as President of the Federal... (F Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... ) |
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| 1974-05-16/1982-10-01 | Schmidt Helmut Schmidt Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting... (S) |
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| 1982-10-01/1998-10-27 | Kohl Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998... (C Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union may refer to:* Christian Democratic Union * Christian Democratic Union * Christian Democratic Union * Christian Democratic Union * Christian Democratic Union... ) |
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| Minister for environment, nature conservation, and nuclear safety | Walter Wallmann Walter Wallmann Walter Wallmann is a German politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Frankfurt .Between 1986 and 1987 he was the first Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety... (C) |
1986-06-06/ | ||
| Klaus Töpfer Klaus Töpfer Klaus Töpfer is a German politician and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme .... (C) |
1987-05-07/1994-11-17 | |||
| Angela Merkel Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a... (C) |
1994-11-17/1998-10-27 | |||
| Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician. He was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 1998 to 2005 in Germany.- Life and work :Trittin was born in Bremen... (G Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... ) |
1998-10-27/2005 | Schröder Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor... (S) |
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| Sigmar Gabriel Sigmar Gabriel Sigmar Gabriel is a German politician currently chairing the Social Democratic Party of Germany .On 15 December 1999, after the resignation of Gerhard Glogowski, who had succeeded Gerhard Schröder in office, Gabriel became Minister-President of Lower Saxony and served until 4 March 2003... (S) |
2005-11-22/ | Merkel (C) | ||
| Norbert Röttgen (C) | 2009-10-28/ | |||
Ghana
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| /1994/1996-05-01/ | Rawlings Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings is a former leader of the Republic of Ghana and now the African Union envoy to Somalia. Rawlings ruled Ghana as a military dictator in 1979 and from 1981 to 1992 and then as the first elected president of the Fourth Republic from 1993 to 2001... |
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| Minister of environment, science, and technology | Christina Amoako-Nuama | /1996-05-01/ | ||
| /1996-05-01/2001-01-07 | ||||
| 2001-01-07/2001-10 | Kufuor John Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was the second president of the 4th Republic of Ghana and Chairperson of the African Union... |
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| Minister of science and environment | Kasim Kasanga | |||
| Christine Churcher |
Greece
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the environment, energy, and climate change Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change The Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change is a government minister of Greece responsible for the running of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. The post was created on 7 October 2009, following the electoral victory of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement on 4... |
Tina Birbili Tina Birbili Konstantina Birbili , commonly known as Tina Birbili, was the Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece until June 17, 2011... |
2009-10-07/ | Papandreou (S Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party... ) |
Greenland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Kim Kielsen | 2008-04-04 |
Grenada
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of health and environment | /2002-09-04/ | rowspan="3" valign="top" | ||
| Minister of health, social security, and the environment | Ann David-Antoine Ann David-Antoine Ann David-Antoine is a Grenadian politician, nurse, and midwife. She has served as the island's Minister of Health, Social Security, the Environment and Ecclesiastic Relations, and is a Justice of the Peace. David-Antoine is a member of the New National Party, and serves as well as a justice of... |
2003-12-03/ | ||
| Minister of health and environment | Clarice Modeste-Curwen Clarice Modeste-Curwen Clarice Modeste-Curwen is a politician and educator from Grenada. A member of the New National Party, she has served in the Parliament of Grenada since 1999, and previously served as Minister of Health and the Environment.-References:... |
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| Minister of state of the environment | Sylvester Quarless Sylvester Quarless Sylvester Quarless is a politician from the island of Grenada. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress, represents the constituency of St Andrew Southwest in the House of Representatives of Grenada and is currently Grenada's Minister of Social Development.-References:*... |
/2008-12-11/ |
Guatemala
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 2000-01-14/2004-01-14 | Portillo Alfonso Portillo Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of the Republic of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.... |
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| 2004-01-14/ | Berger Óscar Berger Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo, born on 11 August 1946 in Guatemala City, is a former President of Guatemala.-Early years:Of Belgian descent, Berger was born to an upper class family with large sugar and coffee holdings... |
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| Minister of the environment and natural resources | Manuel Salazar Tezaguic | |||
| Juan Mario Dary Fuentes |
Guinea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-08/2004-02-23 | ||||
| 2004-02-23/2004-12-09 | Fall François Lonseny Fall François Lonseny Fall is a Guinean diplomat and political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Guinea from February 23, 2004 to April 30, 2004.... |
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| Minister of environment | Cheik Abdel Kader | |||
| 2004-12-09/ | Diallo Cellou Dalein Diallo Cellou Dalein Diallo is a Guinean economist and politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea from 2004 to 2006. Currently he is President of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea , an opposition party.... |
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| Minister of mining, geology, and environment | Alpha Mady Soumah |
Guinea-Bissau
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 2001-12-09/2002-11-17 |
Guyana
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Haiti
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-02-09/1988-06-20 | Célestin Martial Célestin Martial Lavaud Célestin was named Prime Minister of Haïti by President Leslie Manigat in March 1988 under the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, and was approved by the Parliament that formed as a result of the January 17, 1988 elections. He was deposed by the coup that took place on June 20... |
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| 1988-06-20/1991-02-13 | ||||
| 1991-02-13/1991-10-11 | Préval | |||
| 1991-10-11/1992-06-19 | Honorat Jean-Jacques Honorat Jean-Jacques Honorat was named prime minister of Haiti after the 1991 coup. He was sacked by the military-backed government in June 1992 after he failed to get international sanctions against the country lifted.-References:... int. |
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| 1992-06-19/1993-08-30 | Bazin Marc Bazin Marc Louis Bazin was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary and Haïtian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier... |
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| 1993-08-30/1994-11-08 | Malval Robert Malval Robert Malval was the prime minister of Haïti from August 30 1993 to November 8 1994.An industrialist and business leader, Malval was appointed on August 16 1993 by the President-in-exile, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who gave Malval the task of reconciling the feuding parties. He defied the... |
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| 1994-11-08/1995-11-07 | Michel Smarck Michel Smarck Michel was appointed prime minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16, 1995. Smarck was President Aristide's third prime minister, and the first to be named after the President's return from exile.... |
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| 1995-11-07/1996-02-27 | Werleigh Claudette Werleigh Claudette Werleigh was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to February 7, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.She had previously been Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Religion in 1993 and 1995... |
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| 1996-02-27/1997-01-30 | Smarth | |||
| Minister of environment | Yves Andre Wainright | /1997-01-30/1997-10-21 | ||
| 1997-10-21/1999-03-26 | ||||
| 1999-03-26/2001-03-02 | Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis is a Haitian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Haiti from 1999 to 2001 and was Prime Minister for a second term from 2006 to 2008 when he was dismissed due to political fallout from food riots.... |
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| 2001-03-02/2002-03-15 | Chérestal | |||
| 2002-03-15/2004-03-12 | Neptune Yvon Neptune Yvon Neptune was Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 until 2004. He was appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and took office on March 15, 2002... |
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| 2004-03-12/ | Latortue Gérard Latortue Gérard Latortue was the Prime Minister of Haïti from March 12, 2004 to June 9, 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as foreign minister of Haïti during the short-lived 1988 administration of Leslie Manigat.In February 2004, the country suffered a coup... |
?Haitian Minister of planning, environment, and external cooperation, Roland Pierre
Holy See 15px
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1969-05-02/1979-03-09 | Villot | ||
| 1979-03-09/1979-04-30 | none | |||
| 1979-04-30/1990-12-01 | Casaroli | |||
| 1990-12-01/ | Sodano Angelo Sodano Angelo Sodano is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Dean of the College of Cardinals and former Vatican Secretary of State, having held that post from 1990 to 2006, under both popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI... |
Honduras
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-06-07/1972-12-04 | Uclés Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés was the President of Honduras from 7 June 1971 till 4 December 1972.Cruz was born in San Juan de Flores in Honduras. His Father was Carlos Alberto Cruz and his mother Elisa Ucles Rosales. He was the eldest son, his brothers were: Herlinda, Carlos, Raul, Rene and Marta... |
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| 1972-12-04/1975-04-22 | Arellano Oswaldo López Arellano Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano was a two-time President of Honduras, first from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1972 to 1975. He gained power both times via military force.... |
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| 1975-04-22/1978-08-07 | Castro Juan Alberto Melgar Castro Juan Alberto Melgar Castro was a general of the Honduran military who served as the head of state of Honduras from April 22, 1975 to August 7, 1979, when he was removed from power by others in the military.... |
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| 1978-08-07/1982-01-27 | García Policarpo Paz García Policarpo Juan Paz García was a Honduran military leader and autocrat who served as President of Honduras from 7 August 1978 until 27 January 1982.... |
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| 1982-01-27/1986-01-27 | Córdova Roberto Suazo Córdova Roberto Suazo Córdova is a former President of Honduras.-Biography:In 1949, he graduated as a doctor from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. After his graduation, Suazo practiced his profession in the general hospital of Guatemala City... |
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| 1986-01-27/1990-01-27 | Del Hoyo José Azcona del Hoyo José Simón Azcona del Hoyo was President of Honduras from 27 January 1986 to 27 January 1990 for the Liberal Party of Honduras . He was born in La Ceiba in Honduras.-Career:... |
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| 1990-01-27/1994-01-27 | Callejas | |||
| 1994-01-27/1997-06 | Reina Carlos Roberto Reina Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez was a politician of the Liberal Party of Honduras, and President of Honduras from January 27, 1994 to January 27, 1998.... |
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| Minister of natural resources and environment | Sandoval Sorto | 1997-06/1998-01-27 | ||
| Elvin Ernesto Holy | 1998-01-27/1999-01 | Facussé | ||
| Silvia Xiomara Go'mez de Caballero | 1999-01/2002-01-27 | |||
| Patricia Panting Galo | 2002-01-27/ | Maduro Ricardo Maduro Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from The Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University... |
Hong Kong
| Title | Secretary Diplomatic rank Diplomatic rank is the system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. Over time it has been formalized on an international basis.-Ranks:... |
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| Secretary for the environment, transport, and works Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works The Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works , who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection... |
Sarah Liao Sarah Liao Dr. Sarah Liao Sau-tung, GBS, MBE, JP, FRSC was former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong 2002... |
2002-07-01/2005-06-25 | ||
| 2005-06-25/2007-06-30 | Tsang Donald Tsang Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, GBM, KBE is the current Chief Executive and President of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong.... |
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| Secretary for the environment Secretary for the Environment The Secretary for Environment of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works.... |
Edward Yau Edward Yau Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP is the Secretary for the Environment in the Hong Kong Government. He joined the civil service as an Administrative Officer in 1981.... |
2007-07-01/ |
Hungary
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Fock Jeno Fock Jenő Fock was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1967 to 1975.... |
1967-04-14/1975-05-15 | |||
| Lázár György Lázár György Lázár is a former Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He was retired in 1988.- Sources :* Any Hungarian high school book *... |
1975-05-15/1987-06-25 | |||
| Grósz Károly Grósz Károly Grósz was a Hungarian communist politician.Grósz was born in Miskolc, Hungary. He joined the Communist Party in 1945 at the age of 14. Soon the Communists had established a regime in Hungary, and Grósz rose through the party ranks, becoming an important party leader in his native region... |
1987-06-25/1988-11-23 | |||
| Maróthy László from 1987-12-17 | Németh Miklós Németh Miklós Németh served as Prime Minister of Hungary from November 24, 1988 to May 23, 1990. He was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party, Hungary's Communist party, in the tumultuous years that led to the collapse of communism in Eastern and Central Europe.As Prime Minister, Németh took... |
1988-11-23/1990-05-03 | ||
| Antall József Antall József Antall was the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of Communism , teacher, librarian, historian and political figure... |
1990-05-03/1993-12-12 | |||
| Boross Péter Boross Péter Boross was the second Prime Minister of Hungary from December 1993 to July 1994. He came to power with the death of the previous PM, József Antall, and held office until his coalition was defeated in elections and he made way for his successor, Gyula Horn of the socialist party... |
1993-12-12/1994-07-15 | |||
| Horn Gyula Horn Gyula Horn is a Hungarian politician and the third Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, from 1994–1998.... |
1994-07-15/1998-07-06 | |||
| Orbán Viktor Orbán Viktor Orbán is a Hungarian populist and conservative politician and current Prime Minister of Hungary... |
1998-07-06/2002-05-27 | |||
| Medgyessy Péter Medgyessy Péter Medgyessy is a Hungarian politician and was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary from May 27, 2002 until September 29, 2004... |
2002-05-27/2004-09-29 | |||
| Gyurcsány Ferenc Gyurcsány Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian politician. He was the sixth Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009.He was nominated to take that position on 25 August 2004 by the Hungarian Socialist Party , after Péter Medgyessy resigned due to a conflict with the Socialist Party's coalition partner... |
2004-09-29/ | |||
| Minister of environmental protection and water management | Miklos Persanyi |
Iceland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-07-10/1971-07-14 | Jóhann Jóhann Hafstein Jóhann Hafstein was elected to Althingi for Reykjavik in 1946 which he represented until 1978. Jóhann was Prime Minister of Iceland from 10 July 1970 to 14 July 1971, for the Independence Party. Member of the Althing 1946–1978. Hafstein was Speaker of the Lower House of the Althing 1959–1961 and... (S Independence Party (Iceland) The Independence Party is a centre-right political party in Iceland. Liberal conservative and Eurosceptic, it is the second-largest party in the Althing, with sixteen seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson and vice chairman is Ólöf Nordal.... ) |
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| 1971-07-14/1974-08-28 | Ólafur Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Iceland for the Progressive Party on two occasions. He was a member of the Progressive Party, serving as party chairman during the 1980s.-Career:... (F Progressive Party (Iceland) The Progressive Party is an agrarian, liberal and centrist party in Iceland. The party is a member of the Liberal International. Current chairman of the party is Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. He was elected on January 18, 2009. His predecessor was Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who only served as... ) |
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| 1974-08-28/1978-09-01 | Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson was the 16th Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 28 August 1974 to 1 September 1978. Geir was mayor of Reykjavík from 1959 to 1972. During his term as mayor he greatly expanded the city and improved the inner structure... (S) |
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| 1978-09-01/1979-10-15 | Ólafur (F) | |||
| 1979-10-15/1980-02-08 | Benedikt (A Social Democratic Party (Iceland) The Social Democratic Party was an Icelandic Political Party based on social-democratic ideas. It was founded in 1916 as the political representation of the trade unions of Iceland.... ) |
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| 1980-02-08/1983-05-26 | Gunnar Gunnar Thoroddsen Gunnar Thoroddsen was Prime Minister of Iceland from 8 February 1980 to 26 May 1983. Gunnar is the youngest man ever elected to the Althing, Iceland's Parliament. He was 23 years old when he was elected as MP in 1934. He served as an Ambassador of Iceland in Denmark from 1965 to 1969 when he ran... (S) |
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| 1983-05-26/1987-07-08 | Steingrímur Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur Hermannsson was Prime Minister of Iceland.-Early childhood:Steingrímur's father was Hermann Jónasson, another former Prime Minister. Being the son a prominent official, Steingrímur enjoyed a relatively care-free upbringing in a country stricken by the Great Depression... (F) |
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| 1987-07-08/1988-09-28 | Þorsteinn Þorsteinn Pálsson Þorsteinn Pálsson or Thorsteinn Pálsson is a former Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party. He served from 8 July 1987 to 28 September 1988... (S) |
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| 1988-09-28/1991-04-30 | Steingrímur (F) | |||
| 1991-04-30/ | Davíð Davíð Oddsson Davíð Oddsson is an Icelandic politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iceland, holding office from 1991 to 2004. He also served as Foreign Minister from 2004 to 2005. Previously, he was Mayor of Reykjavík from 1982 to 1991, and he chaired the board of governors of the Central Bank of... (S) |
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| Minister for the environment Ministry for the Environment (Iceland) The Icelandic Ministry for the Environment is a cabinet-level ministry founded in 1990. It is responsible for a wide-range of measures designed to protect nature in Iceland, such as planning and building affairs, conservation, pollution control, fire prevention, meteorology and cartography... |
Gudmundur Bjarnason | /1996-05-01/ | ||
| Siv Friðleifsdóttir Siv Friðleifsdóttir Björg Siv Juhlin Friðleifsdóttir is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing for the Progressive Party for the Rekyanes constituency from 1995 to 2003 and has represented the Southwest Iceland constituency since 2003... |
1999-05-28/ | |||
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| Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir | 2004-09-15/ | Halldór Halldór Ásgrímsson Halldór Ásgrímsson is an Icelandic politician, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 and leader of the Progressive Party from 1994 to 2006.-Education and early life:... (F) |
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| Jónína Bjartmarz | 2006-06-15/2006-11-16/ | Geir Haarde Geir Haarde Geir Hilmar Haarde was Prime Minister of Iceland from 15 June 2006 to 1 February 2009 and Chairman of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2005 to 2009. Geir initially led a coalition between his party and the Progressive Party... (S) |
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| Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 2009... |
2007-05-24/2009-01-29/ | |||
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| Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir is an Icelandic politician with the Left-Green Movement. She has been a member of the Althing for Reykjavík constituencies since 1999. She is currently Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, having assumed office 1 February 2009.- External links :*... |
2009-02-01/ | Jóhanna Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , , is the Prime Minister of Iceland. Many years a politician, she was previously Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security from 1987–1994 and 2007–2009. She has been a member of the Althing for Reykjavík constituencies since 1978, winning re-election on eight... (SF) |
India
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and forests | T R Baalu T R Baalu Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu is an Indian Tamil politician. T.R. Baalu did his BSc from New College in Madras University and diploma in drafting engineering drawings from Central polytechnic Chennai... |
1999-10-13/ | ||
| A. Raja A. Raja Andimuthu Raja is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu.... |
Indonesia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of state for environment | Sarwono Kusumaatmadja | /1993-06-24/ | ||
| State minister of environmental affairs | Nabiel Makarim Nabiel Makarim Nabiel Makarim was Indonesia's State Minister of the Environment from 2001 to 2004.-Early life:... |
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| Minister for the environment | Rachmat Witoelar Rachmat Witoelar Rachmat Nadi Witoelar Kartaadipoetra or Rachmat Witoelar was the State Minister of Environment of Indonesia in 2004-2009.... |
Iran
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice president for environmental protection | Masumeh Ebtekar | |||
| Fatemeh Javadi Fatemeh Javadi Fatemeh Javadi is a conservative Iranian politician and was Vice Presidents of Iran from 2005 to 2009. She is the niece of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli.-Education:... |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Mishkat al-Mumin | /2005-04-07 | Allawi Iyad Allawi Ayad Allawi is an Iraqi politician, and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative elections. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which... |
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| 2005-04-07/2005-05-03 | Jaafari Ibrahim al-Jaafari Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamzah al-Eshaiker al-Jafari is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He was previously one of the two Vice-Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004... |
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| Narmin Othman Narmin Othman Narmin Othman is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the government of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government... |
2005-05-03/ |
Republic of Ireland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the Environment | Sylvester Barret (FF Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál... ) |
1979-12-12/1980-10-15 | Haughey Charles Haughey Charles James "Charlie" Haughey was Taoiseach of Ireland, serving three terms in office . He was also the fourth leader of Fianna Fáil... (FF) |
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| Ray Burke (FF) | 1980-10-15/1981-06-30 | |||
| Peter Barry (FG Fine Gael Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000... ) |
1981-06-30/1982-03-09 | FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald was an Irish politician who was twice Taoiseach of Ireland, serving in office from July 1981 to February 1982 and again from December 1982 to March 1987. FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1965 and was subsequently elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD in 1969. He... (FG) |
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| Ray Burke (FF) | 1982-03-09/1982-12-14 | Haughey (FF) | ||
| Dick Spring Dick Spring Richard "Dick" Spring is an Irish businessman and former politician. He was first elected as a Labour Party Teachta Dála in 1981 and retained his seat until 2002. He became leader of the Labour Party in 1982, and held this position until 1997... (L Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish... ) |
1982-12-14/1983-12-13 | FitzGerald (FG) | ||
| Liam Kavanagh Liam Kavanagh Liam Kavanagh is a former Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála for the Wicklow constituency. He remained in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1997 general election... (L) |
1983-12-13/1986-02-14 | |||
| John Boland (FG) | 1986-02-14/1987-03-10 | |||
| 1987-03-10/1987-07-12 | Haughey (FF) | |||
| Pádraig Flynn Padraig Flynn Pádraig "Pee" Flynn is a former Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála in 1977. He was returned at each subsequent election until 1993... (FF) |
1987-07-12/1991-11-08 | |||
| John P. Wilson John P. Wilson John Patrick Wilson was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected as a Teachta Dála for Cavan in 1973 and served in Dáil Éireann until 1992... (FF) |
1991-11-09/1991-11-14 | |||
| Rory O'Hanlon Rory O'Hanlon Rory O'Hanlon is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 1977 until 2011, and also served in a range of cabinet positions and as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann.... (FF) |
1991-11-14/1992-11-02 | |||
| Michael Smith Michael Smith (Irish politician) Michael Smith is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for Tipperary North on several occasions since 1969... (FF) |
/1992-03-17/ | |||
| Michael Smith (FF) | 1992-11-02/1994-12-15 | Reynolds Albert Reynolds Albert Reynolds , served as Taoiseach of Ireland, serving one term in office from 1992 until 1994. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize... (FF) |
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| Brendan Howlin Brendan Howlin Brendan Howlin is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as a Teachta Dála for Wexford since 1987. Currently the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, he previously served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Health.-Early life:Born into a highly... (L) |
1994-12-15/1997-06-26 | Bruton John Bruton John Gerard Bruton is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 1994 to 1997. A minister under two taoisigh, Liam Cosgrave and Garret FitzGerald, Bruton held a number of the top posts in Irish government, including Minister for Finance , and Minister for Industry, Trade,... (FG) |
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| Noel Dempsey Noel Dempsey Noel Dempsey is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Meath and Meath West constituencies from 1987 to 2011... (FF) |
1997-06-26/1997-07-22 | |||
| Minister for Environment and Local Government | 1997-07-22/2002-06-06 | Ahern Bertie Ahern Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008.... (FF) |
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| Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government | Martin Cullen Martin Cullen Martin Cullen is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Waterford constituency. Cullen was a member of Seanad Éireann and served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , Minister for Transport and Minister for Social and Family Affairs and... (FF) |
2002-06-06/2004-09-29 | ||
| Dick Roche Dick Roche Dick Roche is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Wicklow constituency, and also served in Seanad Éireann from 1992 to 1997.-Early and private life:... (FF) |
2004-09-29/2007-06-14 | |||
| John Gormley John Gormley John Gormley is an Irish politician. He was the leader of the Irish Green Party from 2007 to 2011, and was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South East constituency from 1997 to 2011. He served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from 2007–11... (GP Green Party (Ireland) The Green Party is a green political party in Ireland. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title in English... ) |
2007-06-14/2008-05-07 | |||
| 2008-05-07/2011-01-23 | Cowen Brian Cowen Brian Cowen is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 7 May 2008 to 9 March 2011. He was head of a coalition government led by Fianna Fáil which until 23 January 2011 had the support of the Green Party and independent TDs.Cowen was also leader of Fianna Fáil from 7 May... (FF) |
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| Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Galway West constituency since 1992 and was previously a member of Seanad Éireann.-Early life:... (FF) |
2011-01-23/2011-03-09 | |||
| Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | Phil Hogan Phil Hogan Phil Hogan is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency since 1989, and is the current Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.-Early and private life:... (FG) |
2011-03-09/ | Kenny Enda Kenny Enda Kenny is an Irish Fine Gael politician, and has been the Taoiseach since 2011. He has led Fine Gael since 2002. He served as Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997. He is also a two-term Vice President of the European People's Party.Kenny has been a Teachta Dála for Mayo since... (FG) |
Israel
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1969-03-17/1974-06-03 | Meir Golda Meir Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.... (A) |
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| 1974-06-03/1977-04-22 | Rabin Yitzhak Rabin ' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995.... (A) |
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| 1977-04-22/1977-06-21 | Peres Shimon Peres GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years... (A) |
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| 1977-06-21/1983-10-10 | Begin (H Herut Herut was the major right-wing political party in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent of Revisionist Zionism.-History:... ) |
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| 1983-10-10/1984-09-14 | Shamir Yitzhak Shamir ' is a former Israeli politician, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, in 1983–84 and 1986–92.-Biography:Icchak Jeziernicky was born in Ruzhany , Russian Empire . He studied at a Hebrew High School in Białystok, Poland. As a youth he joined Betar, the Revisionist Zionist youth movement... (H) |
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| 1984-09-14/1986-10-20 | Peres (A) | |||
| 1986-10-20/1988-12-22 | Shamir (L Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... ) |
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| Minister of the environment | Roni Milo Roni Milo Roni Milo is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former Knesset member who held several ministerial positions. He was also mayor of Tel Aviv from 1993 to 1998.-Political career:... |
1988-12-22/1990-03-07 | ||
| Raphael Edery | 1988-12-22/1990-03-15 | 2 minis. | ||
| none | 1990-03-15/1990-06-11 | |||
| Minister of the environment | Yitzhak Shamir | 1990-06-11/1992-07-13 | ||
| Ora Namir Ora Namir Ora Namir is an Israeli former politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset from 1974 until 1996, as well as holding the posts of Minister of the Environment and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare during the 1990s. She later became the country's ambassador to China and... |
1992-07-13/1992-12-31 | Rabin Yitzhak Rabin ' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995.... (A) |
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| Yossi Sarid Yossi Sarid Yossi Sarid is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006... |
1992-12-31/1995-11-04 | |||
| 1995-11-04/1996-06-18 | Peres (A) | |||
| Rafael Eitan Rafael Eitan Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member government minister... |
1996-06-18/1999-07-06 | Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to... (L) |
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| Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik , born 20 October 1952, is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and has since served as President of Israel in an... |
1999-07-06/2001-03-07 | Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.... (A) |
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| Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi is a prominent Israeli lawmaker and security expert. Hanegbi was the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset. Among the top cabinet positions he previously held are Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Security and Minister of Intelligence and... |
2001-03-07/2003-02-28 | Sharon Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006.... (L/K Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... ) |
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| Yehudit Naot Yehudit Naot Professor Yehudit Naot was an Israeli scientist and politician. She served as Minister of the Environment between February 2003 and October 2004.... |
2003-02-28/2004-10-17 | |||
| Ilan Shalgi Ilan Shalgi Ilan Shalgi is an Israeli lawyer, politician and a former member of the Knesset.-Background:After his national service in the IDF, in which he served as a lieutenant-colonel, Shalgi gained an LLB and an MA in law from Tel Aviv University... (acting) |
2004-10-17/2004-11-29 | |||
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| none | 2004-12-04/2005-01-10 | |||
| Minister of the environment | Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Independence. He currently serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.-Biography:... |
2005-01-10/2005-11-23 | ||
| none | 2005-11-23/2006-01-18 | |||
| Minister of the environment | Gideon Ezra Gideon Ezra Gideon Ezra is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Kadima and a former Minister of Environmental Protection.-Biography:Ezra was born in Jerusalem and served in the Israeli Defense Force between 1955 and 1958 in the Nahal... |
2006-01-18/2006-04-14 | ||
| 2006-04-14/2006-05-04 | Olmert Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.... (K) |
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Italy
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and public works | Paolo Barbatta | 1996-05-01 | ||
| Minister of environment | Altero Matteoli Altero Matteoli Altero Matteoli is an Italian politician, former member of Alleanza Nazionale right-wing party and then member of People of Freedom.Matteoli was born in Cecina. From 2001 to 2006 he was the Italian Environment Minister.-References:*... |
Jamaica
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of lands and environment | Dean Peart |
Japan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment Agency Director General | Kenji Manabe | 1998-07-30/1999-01-14/ | Obuchi Keizo Obuchi was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimately as the 84th Prime Minister of Japan from July 30, 1998 to April 5, 2000. His political career ended when he suffered a serious and ultimately fatal stroke.... |
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| Kayoko Shimizu | 1999-10-05/ | |||
| 2000-04-05/ | Mori Yoshiro Mori is a Japanese politician who served as the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan starting at 5 April 2000 ending 26 April 2001. Described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark," he was an unpopular prime minister mainly remembered today for his many gaffes and situationally... |
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| Minister of the Environment Ministry of the Environment (Japan) The ' of Japan was formed in 2001 from the sub-cabinet level Environmental Agency established in 1971. The minister is a member of the Cabinet and is chosen by the Prime Minister, usually from the Diet., the current is Goshi Hosono... |
Yoriko Kawaguchi Yoriko Kawaguchi is a Japanese politician. She was born in Tokyo. She holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and a master's in economics from Yale University. She was the minister of the environment of Japan from 2000 until 2002 and the foreign minister of Japan from February 2002... |
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| 2001-04-26/2002-02 | Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the... |
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| Shunichi Suzuki Shunichi Suzuki (politician) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Iwate Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 1990.... |
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| Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician, who was the Minister of Defense in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but resigned August 27, 2007 after only 54 days in office... |
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| Masatoshi Wakabayashi Masatoshi Wakabayashi is a Japanese politician who is a member of Liberal Democratic Party.Wakabayashi became the third Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries appointed in Shinzō Abe's first cabinet after Toshikatsu Matsuoka killed himself as a result of financial scandal and Matsuoka's successor Norihiko Akagi... |
2006-09-26/2007-08-27 | Abe Shinzo Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September 2006. He was Japan's youngest post–World War II prime minister and the first born after the war. Abe served as prime minister for nearly twelve months, before resigning on 12 September 2007... |
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| Ichiro Kamoshita Ichiro Kamoshita is a Japanese politician and doctor, who served as Minister of the Environment in Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet.Born in Adachi, Tokyo, he graduated from Nihon University, earning a medical degree. In 1993, he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan New Party. In December 1997, he joined... |
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| 2007-09-26/ | Fukuda Yasuo Fukuda was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi.... |
Jordan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of the environment | Alia Hattough-Bouran | |||
| Khalid al-Irani |
Kazakhstan 15px
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environmental protection | Aytkul Samakova |
Kenya
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for environment, natural resources, and wildlife | Newton Kulundu Newton Kulundu Newton Kulundu was a Kenyan politician. He was the Minister of Labour and Human Resource Development in the Ministry of Labour , and a Member of Parliament in Lurambi Constituency .-Career:... |
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| Minister for environment and natural resources | Kalonzo Musyoka Kalonzo Musyoka Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Vice President of Kenya. Musyoka served in the government under President Daniel arap Moi and was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998; subsequently, under President Mwai Kibaki, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs... |
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| Kivutha Kibwana | /2006-11-06/ |
Kiribati
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for environment, lands, and agricultural development | Martin Tofinga |
Kuwait
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none |
Kyrgyzstan
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| none |
Laos
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| none |
Latvia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment protection | Raimonds Vejonis Raimonds Vejonis Raimonds Vējonis is a Latvian politician of the Green Party and the incumbent Minister of the Environment of Latvia.He has a Masters in biology from the University of Latvia.-References:... |
Lebanon
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Fares Boueiz | |||
| Yacoub Sarraf Yacoub Sarraf Yacoub Riad Sarraf is a Lebanese politician. He was born in the town of Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon.Sarraf, who is a Greek Orthodox Christian, has degrees in civil engineering and architecture from the American University of Beirut. He is married and has two children... |
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Lesotho
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of tourism, environment, and culture | Lebohang Ntsinyi | Mosisili Pakalitha Mosisili Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili has been the Prime Minister of Lesotho since May 29, 1998. He led his party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy , to a near-total victory in the 1998 election, and under his leadership the party also won majorities in the 2002 and 2007 elections... |
Liberia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none |
Libya
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| none |
Liechtenstein
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment, agriculture, and forestry | Alois Ospelt | |||
| Minister for environmental affairs, land-use planning, agriculture, and forestry | Hugo Quaderer | Hasler Otmar Hasler Otmar Hasler was the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 5 April 2001 to 25 March 2009. He was educated at the University of Fribourg. He was appointed on 5 April 2001, replacing Mario Frick, and led a government of the Progressive Citizens' Party in Liechtenstein and the Patriotic Union... |
Lithuania
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Artūras Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas Artūras Paulauskas is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he served as Acting President of Lithuania from 6 April 2004 to 12 July 2004.-Early career:... |
2008 February 1/ | Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas is a former Prime Minister of Lithuania . He was appointed on 4 July 2006 after Zigmantas Balčytis, the provisional Prime Minister, failed to gather the required support from the Seimas. Kirkilas managed to get the necessary support from the Seimas on 4 July 2006... |
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| Arūnas Kundrotas | 2006-07-04/2008-02-01 | Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas is a former Prime Minister of Lithuania . He was appointed on 4 July 2006 after Zigmantas Balčytis, the provisional Prime Minister, failed to gather the required support from the Seimas. Kirkilas managed to get the necessary support from the Seimas on 4 July 2006... |
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| 2006-06-01/2006-07-04 | Balčytis Zigmantas Balcytis Zigmantas Balčytis is a former acting Prime Minister of Lithuania. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by Gediminas Kirkilas... |
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| 2001-07-04/2006-06-01 | Brazauskas |
Luxembourg
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| 1959-02-26/1974-06-15 | Werner (C Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European... ) |
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| Minister of public health and the environment | Émile Krieps Émile Krieps Émile Krieps was a Luxembourgian resistance leader, soldier, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Krieps served in cabinets under Pierre Werner and Gaston Thorn.... |
1974-06-15/1979-07-16 | Thorn Gaston Thorn Gaston Egmond Thorn was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally... (D Democratic Party (Luxembourg) The Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is the major liberal political party in Luxembourg. One of the three major parties, the DP sits on the centre-right, holding moderate market liberal views combined with a strong emphasis on civil liberties, human rights, and internationalism.Founded in... ) |
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| Minister of the environment and tourism | Josy Barthel Josy Barthel Joseph Barthel was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete from Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics... |
1974-06-15/1979-07-16 | 2 minis. | |
| Minister of the environment | 1979-07-16/1984-07-20 | Werner (C) | ||
| Robert Krieps | 1984-07-20/1989-07-14 | Santer (C) | ||
| Minister of land and the environment | Alex Bodry Alex Bodry Alex Bodry is a politician from Luxembourg.After attending a grammar school in Esch-sur-Alzette, Alex Bodry studied law at the University of Paris. He later became an advocate. From 1982 to 1989, he was a member of Dudelange communal council. From 1989 to 1999, he was a minister... |
1989-07-14/1995-01-26 | ||
| Minister of the environment | Johny Lahure Johny Lahure Johny Lahure was a Luxembourgian politician. He served as the Minister for the Environment from 1994 until 1998, under both Jacques Santer and Jean-Claude Juncker... |
1994-07-13/1995-01-26 | 2 minis. | |
| 1995-01-26/1998-01-30 | Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourg politician, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg, since 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state... (C) |
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| Alex Bodry | 1998-01-30/1999-08-07 | |||
| Charles Goerens Charles Goerens Charles Goerens is a politician from Luxembourg.He studied agricultural science before he was first elected to the northern district constituency as a member of the Democratic Party in 1979... |
1999-08-07/2004-08-02 | |||
| Lucien Lux Lucien Lux Lucien Lux is a politician and trade unionist from Luxembourg. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Lux was in the government from 2004 until 2009, under Jean-Claude Juncker.... |
2004-08-02/ |
Republic of Macedonia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment | Ljubomir Janev | |||
| Zoran Sapuric |
Madagascar
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Charles Sylvain Rabotoarison Charles Sylvain Rabotoarison Charles Sylvain Rabotoarison is a Malagasy politician. He is a member of the Senate of Madagascar for Vatovavy Fitovinany.-References:*... |
Malawi
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of mines, natural resources, and environmental affairs | Davies Katsonga | |||
| Minister of natural resources and environmental affairs | Uladi Mussa | |||
| Minister of mines, natural resources, and environmental affairs | Henry Chimunthu Banda |
Malaysia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of science, technology, and environment | Law Hieng Ding | |||
| Minister of natural resources and the environment | Adenan Satem |
Maldives
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of home affairs, housing, and environment | Ismail Shafeeu | |||
| Minister of environment, energy, and water | Ahmed Abdulla Ahmed Abdulla Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla , is a Saudi Arabian born footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swindon Town in the English League Two on loan from West Ham United.-Early life:... |
Mali
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Nancoman Keita |
Malta
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for environment and rural affairs | George Pullicino George Pullicino George Pullicino is a Maltese politician, currently serving Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs .-Education:He finished his education at the University of Malta as an architect and specialising in urban planning.... |
Marshall Islands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of health and environment | Alvin Jacklick |
Mauritania
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of rural development and environment | Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou | |||
| Gandega Silly | Boubakar |
Mauritius
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Rajesh Bhagwan | |||
| Minister of environment and national development unit | Anil Kumar Bachoo | Ramgoolam |
Mexico
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of the Environment | Juan Rafael Elvira Quezada | Felipe Calderón Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012... |
Federated States of Micronesia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | Urusemal |
Moldova
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment, construction, and territory development | Gheorghe Duca Gheorghe Duca Gheorghe Duca Moldovan academic and politician.- Biography :Gheorghe Duca has been the head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova since February 5, 2004.- External links :* * -References:... |
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| Minister of environment and natural resources | Constantin Mihailescu | Tarlev Vasile Tarlev Vasile Petru Tarlev is a Moldovan politician, and was Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 until 2008.- Biography :He studied engineering and became a member of assorted economic councils... |
Monaco
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environmental affairs and town planning | Gilles Tonelli | Proust Jean-Paul Proust Jean-Paul Proust was the Minister of State of Monaco. He held that position from 1 June 2005 until 29 March 2010, having been appointed three months earlier by the prince and the French government... |
Mongolia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and nature | Ulambayaryn Barsbold |
Morocco
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of territorial development, water, and environment | Mohamed El Yazghi Mohamed El Yazghi Mohamed El Yazghi is a Moroccan politician and former head of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. He holds the position of minister of state in the current government.... |
Mozambique
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environmental coordination | John Kachamila |
Myanmar
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Namibia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and tourism | Philemon Malima | |||
| Willem Konjore Willem Konjore Willem Konjore is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Konjore was appointed as Minister of Environment and Tourism in 2005. He was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia beginning with the Constituent Assembly in 1989 and ending following the election of the 5th National Assembly in... |
Angula Nahas Angula Nahas Gideon Angula is the current Prime Minister of Namibia. He entered into office on March 21, 2005, when his appointment was announced by new president Hifikepunye Pohamba during the latter's inauguration. Angula received a master's degree in education from Columbia University.Angula was... |
Nauru
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for environment | Kinza Cloudumar | |||
| none | Scotty Ludwig Scotty Ludwig Derangadage Scotty is a two-time former President of the Republic of Nauru. He served as President from 29 May 2003 to 8 August 2003, then from 22 June 2004 to his ousting in a vote of no confidence on 19 December 2007.... |
Nepal
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of population and environment | Bachaspati Devkota | |||
| Minister of environment, science, and technology | Prakash Koirala Prakash Koirala Prakash Koirala is a Nepalese politician and former minister of Environment, Science and Technology, son of former Nepalese Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress... |
Gyanendra Gyanendra of Nepal Gyanendra Shah was the last King of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre.King... |
Netherlands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of housing, spatial planning, and the environment | Pieter Winsemius Pieter Winsemius Dr. Pieter Winsemius is a Dutch politician for the VVD.On September 22, 2006, he became Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Third Balkenende cabinet . His appointment followed the resignation of Sybilla Dekker... |
1982/1986 | Lubbers Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 4, 1982 until August 22, 1994.... |
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| Ed Nijpels Ed Nijpels Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria Nijpels is a Dutch politician.-References:... |
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| Hans Alders Hans Alders Johannes Gerardus Maria "Hans" Alders is a Dutch politician.-References:... |
1989/1994 | |||
| Margreeth de Boer Margreeth de Boer Margaretha de Boer is a Dutch politician.- References :... |
1994/1998 | Kok Wim Kok Willem "Wim" Kok ; born September 29, 1938) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 22, 1994 until July 22, 2002.... |
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| Jan Pronk Jan Pronk Johannes "Jan" Pieter Pronk is a Dutch politician and diplomat. Currently, he is a Professor of Theory and Practice of International Development at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.... |
1998/2002 | |||
| Henk Kamp Henk Kamp Henricus Gregorius Jozeph "Henk" Kamp is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . He is the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment since October 14, 2010 in the Cabinet Rutte. He was the Commissioner of the Netherlands Antilles from January 1, 2009 until October, 10... |
2002/2003 | Balkenende Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende is a Dutch politician of the party Christian Democratic Appeal .He was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 14 October 2010, having led four coalition governments, cabinets Balkenende I, II, III and IV, none of which served a full... |
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| Sybilla Dekker Sybilla Dekker Sybilla Dekker is a Dutch politician.-References:... |
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| Pieter Winsemius | 2006-09-22/2007-02-22 | |||
| Jacqueline Cramer Jacqueline Cramer Jacqueline Marian Cramer was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet for the PvdA. Previously she was a professor of sustainable entrepreneurship at Utrecht University and professor of environmental management at Erasmus University... |
2007-02-22/ |
Netherlands Antilles
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | Ys Etienne Ys Etienne Nestor Ys is a Netherlands Antilles politician.Ys was born in Curaçao. He has served as Prime Minister on two occasions - from 3 June 2002 to 22 July 2003 and from 3 June 2004 to 26 March 2006... |
New Zealand
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the Environment | Marian Hobbs Marian Hobbs Marian Leslie Hobbs , a New Zealand politician, was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2008. She was initially a list MP and then represented the Wellington Central electorate... |
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| Marian Hobbs | 2001-03-28/2005-10-19 | |||
| David Benson-Pope David Benson-Pope David Henry Benson-Pope is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who sat in the Parliament of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. He formerly served as a cabinet minister.... |
2005-10-19/ |
Nicaragua
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environment andnatural resources | Arturo Harding | Bolaños Enrique Bolaños Enrique José Bolaños Geyer was the President of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007. President Bolaños is of Spanish and German heritage and was born in Masaya .... |
Niger
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment, water resources, and decertification control | Adamou Namata | |||
| Abdou Labo Abdou Labo Abdou Labo is a Nigerien politician and a member of the Democratic and Social Convention . He served in the government of Niger as Minister of Defense from 1994 to 1995, as Minister of Equipment from 2000 to 2002, as Minister of State for Sports and Culture from 2002 to 2004, and then as Minister... |
Amadou Hama Amadou Hama Amadou is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society from 1991 to 2001 and President of the MNSD-Nassara from 2001 to 2009... |
Nigeria
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Bala Mande Bala Mande Colonel Bala Mohammed Mande is a former Military Administrator of Nasarawa State.He was later appointed Minister of the Environment in the Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo.-Early career:Bala Mande hails from Zamfara State.... |
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| Iyorchia Ayu Iyorchia Ayu Iyorchia Ayu is a former Nigerian Senator who was elected President of the Senate during the Nigerian Third Republic .He later served in various Ministerial positions in the Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.... |
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| Minister of the environment and housing | Halima Alao | 2007-07-26/ | Yar'Adua | |
| Minister of the environment | John Odey John Odey John Ogar Odey was appointed Nigerian minister of information and communications in July 2007, and became minister for environment in December 2008 after President Umaru Yar'Adua reshuffled his cabinet.Odey graduated with a B.Sc... |
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North Korea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of land and environment protection | Il-son Chang |
Norway
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the environment Minister of the Environment (Norway) The Norwegian Minister of the Environment is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of the Environment. The Ministry was established in 1972.... |
Olav Gjærevoll Olav Gjærevoll Olav Gjærevoll was a Norwegian botanist and politician for the Labour Party. Gjærevoll was a professor of botany at the University of Trondheim from 1958 to 1986, and was a specialist in alpine plants.... |
1972-05-08/1972-10-18 | Bratteli 1 First cabinet Bratteli The Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli.On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle... |
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| Trygve Haugeland Trygve Haugeland Trygve Haugeland was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Lyngdal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961... |
1972-10-18/1973-03-05 | Korvald | ||
| Helga Gitmark Helga Gitmark Helga Gitmark was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She was the Minister of the Environment from March to October 1973 during the cabinet Korvald, replacing Trygve Haugeland... |
1973-03-05/1973-10-16 | |||
| Tor Halvorsen Tor Halvorsen Tor Halvorsen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Skien. He started his working career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber in Porsgrunn. He then head the trade union of Norsk Hydro at Herøya from 1961 to 1968... |
1973-10-16/1974-09-06 | Bratteli 2 Second cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State Secretaries:-References:* - Regjeringen.no... |
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| Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization... |
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| 1976-01-15/1979-10-08 | Nordli | |||
| Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was personal secretary to Minister of Social Affairs 1956-1959, Minister of Defense 1976-1979, and Minister of Environmental Affairs 1979-1981, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1980-1981.-References:... |
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| 1981-02-04/1981-10-14 | Brundtland 1 First cabinet Brundtland Brundtland's First Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Cabinet Nordli, and sat between 4 February 1981 – 14 October 1981. The cabinet was the first in Norwegian history to be led by a woman. It was replaced by the Conservative Willoch's First Cabinet after... |
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| Wenche Frogn Sellæg Wenche Frogn Sellæg Wenche Frogn Sellæg is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and between 1981-1989 a parliamentary representative for Nord-Trøndelag... |
1981-10-14/1983-06-08 | Willoch 1 First cabinet Willoch Willoch's First Cabinet was a minority, Conservative Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour First cabinet Brundtland, after the Conservative victory in the 1981 Storting election and sat between October 14, 1981 - June 7, 1983. It was replaced by the Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat... |
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| Rakel Surlien Rakel Surlien Rakel Surlien is a Norwegian judge, civil servant and politician for the Centre PartyShe was the Minister of Environmental Affairs 1983-1986 during Kåre Willoch's second term as prime minister. From 2006 she was a judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal.- References :... |
1983-06-08/1986-05-09 | Willoch 2 Second cabinet Willoch Willoch's Second Cabinet was a majority, Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Conservative First cabinet Willoch in mid-term to secure a majority, right-winged government, and sat from 8 June 1983 to 8 May 1986... |
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| Sissel Rønbeck Sissel Rønbeck Sissel Marie Rønbeck is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979-1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986-1989, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1996-1997. Between 1981 and 1993 she was a parliamentary representative... |
1986-05-09/1989-10-16 | Brundtland 2 Second cabinet Brundtland Brundtland's Second Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the Conservative Willoch's Second Cabinet, and sat between 9 May 1986 and 16 October 1989. It was replaced by the Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat cabinet Syse after the 1989 election... |
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| Kristin Hille Valla Kristin Hille Valla Kristin Hille Valla is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Hille Valla was appointed Minister of the Environment.... |
1989-10-16/1990-11-03 | Syse Cabinet Syse Syse's Cabinet was a minority, Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990... |
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| 1996-10-25/1997-10-17 | Jagland Cabinet Jagland Jagland's Cabinet governed Norway between October 25, 1996 and October 17, 1997. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-References:* - Regjeringen.no... |
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| Guro Fjellanger Guro Fjellanger Guro Fjellanger is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She served as Minister of the Environment in the first cabinet Bondevik, as the first Norwegian government minister with a disability.-Career:... |
1997-10-17/2000-03-17 | Bondevik 1 First cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 October 1997 to 3 March 2000. It was led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. There was a major reshuffle in March 1999. It had the following... |
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| Siri Bjerke Siri Bjerke Siri Bjerke is a Norwegian . She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005. She was state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 and Minister of the Environment between 2000 and 2001 during Stoltenberg's first cabinet... |
2000-03-17/2001-10-19 | Stoltenberg 1 Second cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet is the current government of Norway. Appointed on 17 October 2005, it is a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. The cabinet has ten members from the Labour Party, five from the Socialist... |
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| Børge Brende Børge Brende Børge Brende is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He held the government posts of Cabinet minister of the Environment, 2001 to 2004, and Cabinet minister of Trade and Industry, 2004 to 2005. He has also been a member of the Norwegian parliament for more than 10 years... |
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| Knut Arild Hareide Knut Arild Hareide Knut Arild Hareide is a Norwegian businessperson and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party. Hareide served as Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005... |
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| Helen Bjørnøy Helen Bjørnøy Helen Oddveig Bjørnøy is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician . From October 2005 to October 2007, she was Minister of the Environment in the Red-Green Coalition cabinet headed by Jens Stoltenberg... |
2005-10-17/2007-10-18 | Stoltenberg 2 Second cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet is the current government of Norway. Appointed on 17 October 2005, it is a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. The cabinet has ten members from the Labour Party, five from the Socialist... |
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| Erik Solheim Erik Solheim Erik Solheim is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . He holds two posts in the current Norwegian cabinet, and carries the title Minister of the Environment and Minister of Development Cooperation... |
2007-10-18/2008-04-04/ |
Oman
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of regional municipalities, environment, and water resources | Khamis bin Mubarak bin Isa al-Alawi | |||
| Abdallah bin Muhammad bin Abdallah al-Ruwas |
Pakistan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for environment and urban affairs | /1992-06-03/ | |||
| Minister for environment, local government, and rural development | Shahida Jameel | |||
| Minister for environment Minister for Environment (Pakistan) The Environment Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Environment. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament.-See also:*List of environment ministers of Pakistan*Ministry of Environment... |
Tahir Iqbal | |||
| Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi | 2008-03-31/ | Gillani Yousaf Raza Gillani Yousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008... |
Palau
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Panama
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Papua New Guinea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and conservation | William Duma |
Paraguay
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Peru
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the environment | Antonio Brack Egg | Alan Garcia |
Philippines
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of environment and natural resources | Michael Defensor | |||
| Joselito Atienza | /2009-12 | |||
| Acting | Eleazar Quinto | 2009-12/2010-02 | Arroyo | |
| Horacio Ramos | 2010-02/ |
Poland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environmental protection, natural resources, and forestry | Jan Szyszko Jan Szyszko Jan Szyszko is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7042 votes in the 20th Warsaw district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.-External links:... |
1997/ | ||
| Minister of the environment | Antoni Tokarczuk | 1999-10-19/2001-10-19 | Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
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| Stanisław Żelichowski | 2001-10-19/2003-03-03 | Miller Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:... |
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| Czesław Śleziak | 2003-03-03/2004-05-02 | |||
| Jerzy Swatoń | 2004-05-02/2005-04-25 | Belka Marek Belka Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :... |
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| Marek Belka (acting) | 2005-04-25/2005-05-25 | |||
| Tomasz Podgajniak | 2005-05-24/2005-10-31 | |||
| Jan Szyszko | 2006-07-14/2007-09-07 | Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006... |
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| 2005-10-31/2006-07-14 | Kaczyński | |||
| Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) | 2007-09-07/2007-09-11 | |||
| Jan Szyszko | 2007-09-11/2007-11-16 | |||
| Maciej Nowicki Maciej Nowicki Maciej Nowicki - Polish politician, manager, scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk .-Career:... |
2007-11-16/2010-02-01 | Tusk Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007. He was a co-founder and is chairman of the Civic Platform party.... |
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| Andrzej Kraszewski | 2010-02-02/ |
Portugal
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for environment and natural resources | /1992-06-03/ | |||
| Minister of environment and of territorial planning | Luis Nobre Guedes | 2004-07-17/2005-03-12 | ||
| Francisco Nunes Correia | 2005-03-12/ |
Qatar
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Kingdom of Romania
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and water resources | Speranta Maria Ianculescu | |||
| Sulfina Barbu Sulfina Barbu Sulfina Barbu is a Romanian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies.- Life :A member of the Democratic Liberal Party, she was the President of the Women Organisation of the Democratic Liberal Party and a former Minister of Environment and Water Management in the Romanian Government between... |
Russia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for environmental protection | Victor Danilov-Danilyan | /1996-05-01/ |
Rwanda
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of lands, resettlement, and environment | Drocella Mugorwewera |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of health and environment | Earl Asim Martin |
Saint Lucia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for physical development, housing, and environment | Ignatius Jean Ignatius Jean Ignatius Jean is a Saint Lucian politician who represented the Castries North constituency for the Saint Lucia Labour Party until he was defeated in the general election of 11 December 2006.... |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of health and the environment | Douglas Slater |
Samoa
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1981 | Tupua | ||
| 1985 | Kolone Va'ai Kolone Va'ai Kolone was a Prime Minister of Samoa and a founder of the Human Rights Protection Party in Samoa. He served as Prime Minister twice, first between 13 April and 18 September 1982, and then from 30 December 1985 until 8 April 1988... |
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| 1991 | Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana, AC, born Aualamalefalelima Alesana, was a Samoan politician. He was born in Vaitogi, Tutuila, American Samoa to a Samoan upper-class parents, Reverend James Alesana Fai'ivae and Vaoita Iosefa Mala'itai... |
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| Minister of natural resources and environment | Sale Tagaloa Tagaloa | |||
San Marino
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of territory, environment, and agriculture | Gian Carlo Venturini |
São Tomé and Príncipe
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of public works, infrastructure, natural resources, and environment | Joaquim Rafael Branco Joaquim Rafael Branco Joaquim Rafael Branco is a São Toméan politician. He is the President of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party , and the former Prime Minister of the country.... |
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| Secretary of state for environment, territorial security, and nature conservation | Arlindo de Carvalho |
Saudi Arabia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Kingdom of Scotland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for transport and environment | Sarah Boyack Sarah Boyack Sarah Boyack MSP is a Scottish Labour MSP for the Lothian region and formerly constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament.... |
1999/2000 | Dewar Donald Dewar Donald Campbell Dewar was a British politician who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament in Scotland from 1966-1970, and then again from 1978 until his death in 2000. He served in Tony Blair's cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997-1999 and was instrumental in the creation... |
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| Minister of the environment, sport and culture | Sam Galbraith Sam Galbraith Samuel Laird "Sam" Galbraith is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament.... |
2000/2001 | McLeish Henry McLeish Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish Labour Party politician, author and academic. Formerly a professional association football player, McLeish was the Member of Parliament for Central Fife from 1987 to 2001 and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Fife from 1999 to 2003, during which... |
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| Minister for the environment and rural development | Ross Finnie Ross Finnie Ross Finnie is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament. He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region... |
2001/2007 | McConnell Jack McConnell Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale is a British Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was third First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, making him the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament... |
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| Minister for Environment Minister for Environment The Minister for Environment and Climate Change is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet unless his / her Cabinet Secretary is absent... |
Michael Russell | 2007-05-17/ | Salmond Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon... |
Senegal
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and conservation | Modou Diagne | |||
| Thierno Lo | /2006-01-24/2006-01-27/ |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of science and environmental protection | Aleksandar Popović | 2006/ | Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003... |
Serbia and Montenegro
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of science and environmental protection | Aleksandar Popović | 2004 | Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003... |
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| Minister of environmental protection and urban planning (Montenegro) | Boro Vucinic Boro Vucinic Boro Vučinić is the Minister of Defense of Montenegro, since 10 November 2006.As Minister of Urban Planning Vučinić was involved the sale of an old ship repair yard on the Adriatic Sea, the first major privitaization deal of Montenegro since the independence from Serbia.He has a master's degree... |
Seychelles
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Ronnie Jumeau | |||
| Minister of foreign affairs, planning, and environment | Jeremie Bonnelame Jérémie Bonnelame Jérémie Émile Patrick Bonnelame is a Seychellois political figure and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission from 1993 to 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2005, and was the Permanent Representative of the Seychelles to the United Nations from 2005 to 2007... |
Sierra Leone
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of country planning, forestry, environment, and social welfare | Alfred Bobson Sesay |
Singapore
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the environment | Lim Swee Say Lim Swee Say Lim Swee Say is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently a Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress.... |
2001-11/2004-08-12 | ||
| Minister for the environment and water resources | Yaacob Ibrahim Yaacob Ibrahim Yaacob bin Ibrahim is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs.-Education and early career:Yaacob graduated from the University of... |
2004-08-12/ |
Slovakia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Laszlo Miklos |
Slovenia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and town planning | Janez Kopac | |||
| Minister of environment and spatial planning | Janez Podobnik Janez Podobnik Janez Podobnik is a Slovenian conservative politician.He was born in the small town of Cerkno in western Slovenia, in what was then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied medicine at the University of Ljubljana, where he graduated in 1984... |
Janez Jansa Janez Janša Janez Janša is a Slovenian politician who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2004 to November 2008. He has also been President of the Slovenian Democratic Party since 1993... |
Solomon Islands
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of forestry, environment, and conservation | David Holosivi |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Abdik usman Abubakar | |||
| Mohamed Mahamud Hayd |
South Africa
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of planning and the environment and of statistics | J. J. Loots | /1973-12/1975-04-01/ | Vorster (N National Party (South Africa) The National Party is a former political party in South Africa. Founded in 1914, it was the governing party of the country from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994. Members of the National Party were sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a... ) |
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| Minister of health, of planning and the environment, and of statistics | S. W. van der Merwe | /1976-06/1978-11-20 | ||
| J. C. Heunis | 1978-11-20/1979-02-01 | |||
| Minister of environmental planning and energy | 1979-02-01/1979-06-20/ | |||
| Frederik Willem de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk , often known as F. W. de Klerk, is the former seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994... |
1979-06-20/ | |||
| Minister of mines and of environmental planning and energy | /1979-03/ | Botha Pieter Willem Botha Pieter Willem Botha , commonly known as "P. W." and Die Groot Krokodil , was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989.First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was for eleven years head of the Afrikaner National Party and the... (N) |
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| Minister of water affairs, forestry, and environmental conservation | A. J. Raubenheimer | /1980-04/ | ||
| C. V. van der Merwe | /1981-04/ | |||
| Minister of environmental affairs | /1982-04/ | |||
| Minister of environment affairs and fisheries | S. A. S. Hayward | /1983-06/ | ||
| Minister of environmental affairs | /1984/ | |||
| Minister of environment affairs and tourism | J. W. E. Wiley | /1984-09-16/1985-12-31/ | ||
| G. J. Kotzé | /1987-05-31/ | |||
| Minister of environment affairs and of water affairs | /1988-06-30/ | |||
| Minister of home affairs and of environmental affairs | Louis Pienaar Louis Pienaar Louis Pienaar is a South African lawyer and former diplomat. In 1985, the apartheid government put him in charge of Namibia, in the lead-up to that country's independence in 1990... |
/1992-06-01/ | De Klerk (N) | |
| Minister of environment affairs and of water affairs | J. A. van Wyk | /1993-04-01/ | ||
| Minister of environment affairs and of water affairs and forrestry | 1993-12-31/ | |||
| Minister of environmental affairs and tourism Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (South Africa) The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism was a department of the government of South Africa from 1994 to 2009. After the election of President Jacob Zuma it was divided into the Department of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Tourism.... |
Dawie de Villiers | 1995-05-31 | Mandela Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing... (A African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a... ) |
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| Pallo Jordan Pallo Jordan Dr Zweledinga Pallo Jordan was the Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa from 29 April 2004 to 10 May 2009... |
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| Valli Moosa | 1999-06/2004-04 | Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki... (A) |
Kyoto WSSD Earth Summit 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental... |
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| Marthinus van Schalkwyk Marthinus van Schalkwyk Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk is the Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly both Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa, he was the leader of the New National Party from its inception on 8 September 1997 until... |
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| 2008-09-24/2009-05-10 | Motlanthe (A) | |||
| Minister of water and environmental affairs | Buyelwa Sonjica | 2009-05-10/2010-11-01 | Zuma Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election.... (A) |
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| Edna Molewa Edna Molewa Edna Molewa is a South African politician. Molewa became the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa on October 31, 2010, as part of a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. She replaced her predecessor, Buyelwa Sonjica.-External links:* - broadcast on Radio France... |
2010-11-01/ |
South Korea
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator of the environmental protection agency | Bark Seung-Gyu | 1980-01-01/1980-07-02 | ||
| Bark Jun-Ik | 1980-07-19/1983-07-09 | |||
| Choe Suh-Il | 1983-07-09/1986-05-24 | |||
| Bark Pan-Jae | 1986-05-24/1988-05-20 | |||
| Lee Sang-Bae | 1988-05-20/1989-07-21 | |||
| Lee Jae-Chang | 1989-07-21/1990-01-03 | |||
| Minister of the environment South Korean Ministry of Environment The Ministry of Environment is the South Korean branch of government charged with environmental protection. The current minister is Lee Man Ee... |
Jo Gyeong-Sik | 1990-01-03/1990-09-19 | ||
| Heo Nam-Hoon | 1990-09-19/1991-04-26 | |||
| Gwon Lee-Hyuk | 1991-04-26/1992-06-26 | |||
| Lee Jae-Chang | 1992-06-26/1993-12-22 | |||
| Hwang San-Seong | 1993-12-22/1994-12-21 | |||
| Kim Jung-Wi | 1994-12-21/1995-12-21 | |||
| Jeong Jong-Taek | 1995-12-21/1996-12-20 | |||
| Kang Hyeon-Uk | 1996-12-20/1997-08-06 | |||
| Yun Yeo-Jun | 1997-08-06/1998-03-03 | |||
| Choe Jae-Uk | 1998-03-03/1999-05-24 | |||
| Son Sook | 1999-05-24/1999-06-25 | |||
| Kim Myung-Ja | 1999-06-27/2003-02-27 | |||
| Han Myung-Sook | 2003-02-27/2004-02-16 | |||
| Kwak Kyul-Ho | 2004-02-18/2005-06-28 | |||
| Lee Jae-Yong | 2005-06-29/2006-03-21 | |||
| Lee Chi-Beom | 2006-04-07/2007-09-04 | |||
| Lee Kyoo-Yong | 2006-09-21/2008-02-29 | |||
| Lee Maan-Ee | 2008-02-29~present Present Present is a time that is neither past nor future.Present may also refer to:- Time and timing :* Present tense, the grammatical tense of a verb* Before Present, radiocarbon dates relative to AD 1950* Presenting, a medical term* Presenteeism... |
Spain
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment | Cristina Narbona Cristina Narbona Cristina Narbona, born 29 July 1951, is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician. Since 18 April 2004, she has been the Minister of Environment in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She is a trustee of the , Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.-Biography:Narbona was born in Madrid... |
2004-04-18/2006-11-15/ | Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he will not stand for re-election in 2012... |
Sri Lanka
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and parliamentary affairs | Wimal Wickremasinghe | /1993-06-24/ | ||
| Minister of environment and natural resources | A. H. M. Fowzie A. H. M. Fowzie A. Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:**... |
Sudan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and urban planning | al-Tigani Adam Tahir |
Suriname
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Swaziland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for tourism and environment | Thandie Shongwe |
Sweden
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the environment and energy | Birgitta Dahl Birgitta Dahl Rut Birgitta Dahl is a Swedish former politician of the Social Democratic Party.- Education and career :Birgitta Dahl was born in Råda, Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County. She earned a B.A. at Uppsala University in 1960. During her studies she was politically active in the Uppsala... |
1987-10-01/1991-10-04 | Carlsson Ingvar Carlsson Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party .... |
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| Minister of the environment | Olof Johansson Olof Johansson Sten Olof Håkan Johansson is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1987 to 1998 and Minister for the Environment 1991-1994.... |
1991-10-04/1991-11-30 | Bildt Carl Bildt , Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006... |
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| Minister of the environment and nature | 1991-12-01/1994-06-16 | |||
| Görel Thurdin | 1994-06-16/1994-10-02 | |||
| Karl-Erik Olsson | 1994-10-03/1994-10-07 | |||
| Anna Lindh Anna Lindh Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003... |
1994-10-07/1994-12-31 | Carlsson | ||
| Minister of the environment | 1995-01-01/1996-03-22 | |||
| 1996-03-22/1998-10-07 | Persson Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Conceding defeat in the September 2006 general election, he announced that he would resign as party leader, and Mona Sahlin was elected to succeed him as... |
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| Kjell Larsson | 1998-10-07/2002-10-21 | |||
| Lena Sommestad Lena Sommestad Lena Sommestad, born April 3, 1957 in Börje, Uppsala Municipality, is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of Sustainable Development in the Cabinet of Göran Persson 2002-2006.... |
2002-10-21/ | |||
| Minister for the environment | Andreas Carlgren Andreas Carlgren Hemming Andreas Carlgren is a Swedish Centre Party politician, and a former Minister for the Environment in the Swedish government.- Education and career :... |
/2008-04-04/2008-12-11/ | Reinfeldt Fredrik Reinfeldt John Fredrik Reinfeldt is the Prime Minister of Sweden, leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party and former President of the European Council... |
Switzerland
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Head of the federal department of environment, transport, energy and communications | Adolf Ogi Adolf Ogi Adolf Ogi is a Swiss politician from the village of Kandersteg in the Swiss Alps.He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 9 December 1987, as member of the Swiss People's Party from the Canton of Berne... |
1988 | Stich Otto Stich Otto Stich is a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 7 December 1983 and handed over office on 31 October 1995. He is affiliated to the Social Democratic Party.... |
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| 1989 | Delamuraz Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Jean-Pascal Delamuraz was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .... |
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| 1990 | Koller Arnold Koller Arnold Koller is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 10, 1986 as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland from the canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes... |
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| 1991 | Cotti Flavio Cotti Flavio Cotti born in Prato-Sornico on 18 October 1939) is a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 10 December 1986 and handed over office on 30 April 1999... |
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| 1992 | Felber René Felber René Felber is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .Born 1933 in Bienne, Felber was a teacher in Boudevilliers and Le Locle . He was mayor of Le Locle from 1964 to 1980 , member of the Cantonal Parliament of Neuchâtel... |
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| 1993 | Ogi | |||
| 1994 | Stich | |||
| 1995 | Villiger Kaspar Villiger Kaspar Villiger is a Swiss businessman, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council . He currently heads Swiss bank UBS.-Political career:On February 1, 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council... |
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| Moritz Leuenberger Moritz Leuenberger Moritz Leuenberger is a Swiss politician, lawyer, was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010 and President of the Confederation in 2001 and in 2006.... |
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| 1996 | Delamuraz | |||
| 1997 | Koller | |||
| 1998 | Cotti | |||
| 1999 | Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss is a Swiss politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party. She was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1993 to 2002, representing the Canton of Geneva).... |
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| 2000 | Ogi | |||
| 2001 | Leuenberger | |||
| 2002 | Villiger | |||
| 2003 | Couchepin Pascal Couchepin Pascal Couchepin is a Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council and President of the Confederation in 2003 and 2008... |
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| 2004 | Deiss Joseph Deiss Joseph Deiss is an economist, Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party . From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading first the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and then the Federal Department of Economic Affairs... |
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| 2005 | Schmid Samuel Schmid Samuel Schmid is a Swiss politician who was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports .He was elected to the Federal Council on 6 December 2000... |
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| 2006 | Leuenberger | |||
| 2007 | Calmy-Rey Micheline Calmy-Rey Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is the President of the Confederation in Switzerland, head of government. She is also Switzerland's foreign minister as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. She has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003, and was President of the... |
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| 2008/2008-12-11/ | Couchepin | |||
| 2009 | Merz Hans-Rudolf Merz Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and member of the Swiss Federal Council . He is the head of the Federal Department of Finance and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009... |
Syria
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of local government and environment | Hilal al-Atrash |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment Protection Agency Chief | Winston Dang | 2007 | Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan... (陳水扁) |
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| Environment Protection Agency Chief | Stephen Shen (沈世宏, Shen Shihong) | since 2008-05-20 | Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman... (馬英九) |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister of environmental protection | Usmonqul Shokirov |
Tanzania
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of tourism, natural resources, and environment | Zakhia Meghji | |||
| Minister for environment | Batilda Burian | /2009-12-17/ |
Thailand
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of natural resources and environment Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Kingdom of Thailand is a Cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The Ministry was founded in 2002. It has a wide variety of responsibilities, this include the protection of the nation’s natural resources: water, oceans, minerals,... |
Khunkitti Suwit |
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for development and the environment | Marí bim Amude Alkatiri | Alkatiri |
Togo
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and forest resources | Dbaba Bale |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Trinidad and Tobago
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of public utilities and the environment | Penelope Beckles |
Tunisia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for agriculture, environment, and water resources | Habib Haddad |
Turkey 15px
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and forestry | Osman Pepe Osman Pepe Osman Pepe is a Turkish politician of the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi. He is the Minister of Environment in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He helped pass an animal welfare law in Turkey.-References:... |
Turkmenistan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environmental protection | Matkarim Rajapov |
Tuvalu
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Uganda
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of water, lands, and environment | Kahinda Otafiire Kahinda Otafiire Major General Kahinda Otafiire is a Ugandan politician and military officer. He is the current Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position of 27 May 2011... |
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| Minister of water and environment | Jessica Eriyo Jessica Eriyo Jessica Eriyo , sometimes spelled Jesca Eriyo, is a Ugandan educator, social worker and politician. She served as the State Minister for the Environment in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 2006 until 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, she was dropped from the cabinet and was replaced by Flavia... |
/2006-11-16/ |
Ukraine
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the Environment | Vasyl Dzharty Vasyl Dzharty Vasyl Heorhiyovych Dzharty was a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Crimea, which is also known as the Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers, from March 17, 2010, until his death in August 2011... |
/2007-02-28/ | Yanukovych Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002... |
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| Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources | Vasyl Shevchuk Vasyl Shevchuk Vasyl Yakovych Shevchuk was Ukraine’s environment minister in 1998-2000 and 2002-2003 and a deputy minister of economy for sustainable development in 1993-1998. Under his leadership, Kyiv hosted the UN “Environment for Europe” Fifth Ministerial Conference in 2003... |
2002-11-30 to 2003-06-06 | Kuchma Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk... |
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| Minister of the Environment and Nuclear Safety | Vasyl Shevchuk Vasyl Shevchuk Vasyl Yakovych Shevchuk was Ukraine’s environment minister in 1998-2000 and 2002-2003 and a deputy minister of economy for sustainable development in 1993-1998. Under his leadership, Kyiv hosted the UN “Environment for Europe” Fifth Ministerial Conference in 2003... |
1998-08-23 to 2000-01-31 | Kuchma Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk... |
United Arab Emirates
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
United Kingdom
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of state for the environment Secretary of State for the Environment The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15... |
Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary... |
1970-10-15/1972-11-05 | Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... (C Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... ) |
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| Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, was a British Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.... |
1972-11-05/1974-03-04 | |||
| Anthony Crosland Anthony Crosland Charles Anthony Raven Crosland , otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby... |
1974-03-05/1976-04-08 | Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the... (L Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... ) |
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| Peter Shore Peter Shore Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney PC was a British Labour politician and former Cabinet Minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community. His idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism led to comparison with the French politician... |
1976-04-08/1979-05-04 | Callaghan James Callaghan Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980... (L) |
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| Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major... |
1979-05-05/1983-01-06 | Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990... (C) |
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| Tom King Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970-2001... |
1983-01-06/1983-06-11 | |||
| Patrick Jenkin Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC is a British Conservative politician and the great-grandson of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.... |
1983-06-11/1985-09-02 | |||
| Kenneth Baker | 1985-09-02/1986-05-21 | |||
| Nicholas Ridley Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:... |
1986-05-21/1989-07-24 | |||
| Chris Patten Chris Patten Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC , is the last Governor of British Hong Kong, a former British Conservative politician, and the current chairman of the BBC Trust.... |
1989-07-24/1990-11-28 | |||
| Michael Heseltine | 1990-11-28/1992-04-11 | Major John Major Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997... (C) |
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| Michael Howard Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005... |
1992-04-11/1993-05-27 | Rio | ||
| John Gummer John Gummer John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water... |
1993-05-27/1997-05-02 | |||
| Secretary of state for the environment, transport and the regions Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a UK Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions .... |
John Prescott John Prescott John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010... |
1997/2001 | Blair Tony Blair Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007... (L) |
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| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport... |
Margaret Beckett Margaret Beckett Margaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983, rising to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith, from 18 July 1992 to 12 May 1994, and briefly serving as Leader of the Party following Smith's death... |
2001/2006-05-05 | ||
| David Miliband David Miliband David Wright Miliband is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Shields since 2001, and was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2007 to 2010. He is the elder son of the late Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband... |
2006-05-05/2007-06-27 | |||
| Hilary Benn Hilary Benn Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... |
2007-06-28/2010-05-11 | Brown Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007... (L) |
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| Caroline Spelman Caroline Spelman Caroline Alice Spelman is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who has served as the Member of Parliament for Meriden in the West Midlands since 1997... |
2010-05-12/ | Cameron David Cameron David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament .... (C) |
United States
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The Administrator is... |
William Ruckelshaus William Ruckelshaus William Doyle Ruckelshaus is an American attorney and, several times, U.S. government official. He served as the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States... |
1970-12-04/1973-04-30 | Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... (R Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... ) |
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| Robert Fri (acting) | 1973-04-30/1973-09-12 | |||
| Russell E. Train Russell E. Train Russell Errol Train was the second Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , from September 1973 to January 1977, and the Founder Chairman Emeritus of World Wildlife Fund . As head of the EPA under U.S... |
1973-09-13/1974-08-09 | |||
| 1974-08-09/1977-01-20 | Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... (R) |
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| John Quarles, Jr. (acting) | 1977-01-21/1977-03-06 | Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... (D Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... ) |
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| Douglas M. Costle Douglas M. Costle Douglas Michael Costle was one of the architects of the United States Environmental Protection Agency , and he served President Jimmy Carter as EPA Administrator from 1977 to 1981.- Early life and education :... |
1977-03-07/1981-01-20 | |||
| Steve Jellinek (acting) | 1981-01-21/1981-01-25 | Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... (R) |
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| Walter Barber, Jr. (acting) | 1981-01-26/1981-05-19 | |||
| Anne M. Gorsuch Anne M. Burford Anne Gorsuch Burford , known as Anne M. Gorsuch, was an American attorney and politician. Between 1981 and 1983, while known as Anne M... |
1981-05-20/1983-03-09 | |||
| Lee Verstandig (acting) | 1983-03-10/1983-05-17 | |||
| William D. Ruckelshaus | 1983-05-18/1985-01-04 | |||
| Lee M. Thomas Lee M. Thomas Lee Muller Thomas was head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan... (acting) |
1985-01-04/1985-02-07 | |||
| Lee M. Thomas | 1985-02-08/1989-01-20 | |||
| John Moore John Moore - Clergy :*John Moore , British Scholar*John Moore , English Baptist minister from Northampton*John Moore , Archbishop of Canterbury, Privy Counsellor... (acting) |
1989-01-21/1989-02-05 | GHW Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... (R) |
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| William K. Reilly William K. Reilly William K. Reilly was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George H. W. Bush. He has served as president of World Wildlife Fund, as a founder or advisor to several business ventures, and on many boards of directors... |
1989-02-06/1993-01-20 | Rio | ||
| Carol Browner | 1993-01-22/2001-01-19 | Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... (D) |
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| W. Michael McCabe W. Michael McCabe W. Michael McCabe was Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2000.McCabe received a B.A. from Duke University in 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he served as legislative assistant to former Senator Gary Hart, where he specialized in environmental and energy policy,... (acting) |
2001-01-20/2001-01-30 | GW Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... (R) |
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| Christine Todd Whitman Christine Todd Whitman Christine Todd "Christie" Whitman is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New... |
2001-01-31/2003-06-27 | |||
| Michael O. Leavitt | 2003-11-06/2005-01-26 | |||
| Linda J. Fisher (acting) | 2003-06-28/2003-07-11 | |||
| Marianne L. Horinko (acting) | 2003-07-12/2003-11-05 | |||
| Michael O. Leavitt | 2003-11-06/2005-01-25 | |||
| Stephen L. Johnson Stephen L. Johnson Stephen L. Johnson was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush during the second term of his administration... (acting) |
2005-01-26/2005-05-01 | |||
| Stephen L. Johnson | 2005-05-02/2009-01-20 | |||
| Michael Shapiro Michael Shapiro Michael Shapiro may refer to:*Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, composer and music director of the Chappaqua Orchestra*Michael Shapiro , voice actor of Barney and the G-Man in the Half-Life series of computer games... (acting) |
2009-01-21/ | Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... (D) |
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| Lisa P. Jackson Lisa P. Jackson Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer currently serving as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency . Previously, she worked at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for 6 years, first as an assistant commissioner and later as commissioner... |
2009-01-23/ |
Uruguay
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of housing and environment | Saul Irureta Saralegui |
Uzbekistan
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the state committee for environmental protection | Nariman Umarov |
Vanuatu
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none |
Venezuela
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of environment and natural resources | Ana Elisa Osario |
Vietnam
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of natural resources and environment | Mai Ai Truc | |||
| Pham Khoi Nguyen | /2009-12-13/ |
Wales
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| Minister for environment, planning, and countryside | Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of... |
2000/2007 | Rhodri Morgan Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009. A former leader of Welsh Labour, he was the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011... |
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| Minister for environment, sustainability, and housing | Jane Davidson Jane Davidson Jane Davidson, AM was the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd and the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in the Welsh Assembly Government. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children... |
2007/ |
Yemen
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1980 | Ghani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997, under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ghani was a member of the General People's Congress party.... |
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| 1991 | al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-day Yemen. Al-Attas served until 1994... |
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| Minister of tourism and environment | Abd al-Malik al-Iryani | |||
| Minister of water and environment | Muhammad Luft al-Iryani | |||
South Yemen
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1980 | Muhammad Ali Nasir Muhammad Ali Nasir Muhammad Husani was twice president of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. He served as Chairman of the Presidential Council from 26 June 1978 - 27 December 1978. In April 1980, South Yemeni president Abdul Fattah Ismail resigned and went into exile... |
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| 1986 | Numan Yasin Said Numan Yasin Said Numan was the Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from February 1986 until the Yemeni unification in 1990, under Chairman Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, who preceded Numan as Prime Minister. Numan had previously been Minister of Fisheries and Deputy Prime... |
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Zambia
| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | 1980 | Lisulo Daniel Lisulo Daniel Muchiwa Lisulo was the Prime Minister of Zambia from June 1978 until February 1981. Born in Mongu, Zambia, Lisulo married Mary Mambo in 1967; she died in 1976, leaving Lisulo with two daughters. Lisulo served as the director of the Bank of Zambia from 1964 to 1977 before becoming Prime... |
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| 1985 | Musokotwane Kebby Musokotwane Kebby Musokotwane was a politician from Zambia. He was a member of the United National Independence Party and one of the closest allies of former President Kenneth Kaunda. Musokotwane served as Prime Minister of Zambia from 24 April 1985 until 15 March 1989. He then became secretary-general of the... |
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| 1991 | Masheke Malimba Masheke Malimba Masheke is a Zambian politician. He served as the last Prime Minister of the country from 15 March 1989 to 31 August 1991. He had previously been Minister of Defence from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Home Affairs from 1988 to 1989.... |
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| Minister of environment, natural resources, and tourism | Patrick Kalifungwa | |||
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| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
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| none | 1980 | Mugabe Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980... (Z) |
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| 1985 | ||||
| Minister of environment and tourism | Herbert Murerwa Herbert Murerwa Herbert Muchemwa Murerwa is a Zimbabwean politician. He served as the Minister of Finance in the Government of Zimbabwe from 1996 to 2000, from August 2002 to February 2004, and again from April 26, 2004 to February 6, 2007... |
1991 | ||
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| Chen Chimutengwende | /1996-05-01/ | |||
| Simon Moyo | /1999-12-20/ | |||
| Francis Nhema | 2006/2009-02-13/ | |||