Inger Andersen (environmentalist)
Inger Andersen (born 23 May 1958) is a Danish economist and environmentalist. In February 2019, she was appointed as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Inger Andersen | |
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Andersen in 2022 | |
| Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | |
| Assumed office 19 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Joyce Msuya |
| Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | |
| In office January 2015 – 19 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Julia Marton-Lefèvre |
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| Born | Inger la Cour Andersen 1958 Jerup, Denmark |
| Alma mater | London Metropolitan University and School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Website | Official biography |
Prior to her appointment, at UNEP, Andersen was Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank and Head of the CGIAR Fund Council and then World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa.
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