Klaus Töpfer

Klaus Töpfer
Töpfer in 2003
4th Executive Director of the
United Nations Environment Programme
In office
15 January 1998 – 31 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan
Preceded byElizabeth Dowdeswell
Succeeded byAchim Steiner
Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development
In office
17 November 1994 – 14 January 1998
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded byIrmgard Schwaetzer
Succeeded byEduard Oswald
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security
In office
22 April 1987 – 17 November 1994
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded byWalter Wallmann
Succeeded byAngela Merkel
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Saarland
In office
20 December 1990 – 28 February 1998
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Personal details
BornKlaus Töpfer
(1938-07-29)29 July 1938
Waldenburg/Schlesien, Gau Silesia, Germany (now Wałbrzych, Poland)
Died8 June 2024(2024-06-08) (aged 85)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
PartyChristian Democratic Union (1972–2024)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Münster
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Businessman
  • Civil Servant
  • Academic Assistant
Other offices held

Klaus Töpfer (29 July 1938 – 8 June 2024) was a German politician (CDU) and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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