List of ministers of the environment

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A list of ministers of the environment or officials in charge of equivalent governmental departments for all countries; with those present at the Earth summit and the World summit on sustainable development higlighted.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A

Afghanistan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none 2001-12-22/2002 Karzai
Minister of irrigation and environment Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani 2002/2004
none

Albania

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Meta
Minister of environment Lufter Xhuveli Majko
2002-07-25/ Nano
Ethem Ruka

Algeria

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Cherif Rahmani Ouyahia

Andorra

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of agriculture and the environment Olga Adellach Coma Forné Molné

Angola

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and urban development Virgilio Ferreira de Fontes Pereira /2004-10-22 Nandó
Diakunpuna Sita Jose 2004-10-22/

Antigua and Barbuda

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of works, transportation, and the environment Wilmoth Daniel Spencer

Argentina

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Kirchner

Armenia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Vartan Ayvazyan Margaryan

Aruba

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Oduber

Australia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and heritage David Kemp 2001-11-26/2004-07 Howard
Ian Campbell 2004-07/

Austria

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of agriculture, forestry, environment, and water management Josef Proell Schüssel

Azerbaijan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Rasizade

B

The Bahamas

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of health and the environment Marcus C. Bethel Christie

Bahrain

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of state for municipal and environmental affairs Jawad Salem Al-Orayyed /2002-09-02/ Sulman Al Khalifah
Head of public commission for the protection of marine resources, environment, and wildlife Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa

Bangladesh

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for forest, fisheries, livestock, and environment Abdullah Al-Noman /1993-06-30/1993-07-01/
Minister of environment and forest Shahjahan Siraj Zia
Tariqul Islam /2005-01-17/

Barbados

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of physical development and environment Elizabeth Thompson /2002-09-03/ Arthur
Minister of housing, lands, and environment

Belarus

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of natural resources and environmental protection Leontiy Khorovzhik Sidorsky

Belgium

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, consumer protection, and sustainable development Freya Van den Bossche 2003-07-12/2004-07-19 Verhofstadt
Minister of the environment and pensions Bruno Tobback 2004-07-20/

Belize

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of natural resources, the environment, commerce, and industry John Briceño 1998/ Musa
Ministry of state of natural resources, the environment, commerce and industry Ainslie Leslie 2003/
Minister of health and the environment Vildo Marin
Minister of natural resources and the environment John Briceño

Benin

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, housing, and urban affairs Luc Marie Constant Gnacadja Kérékou

Bermuda

Title Minister Incumbency Under
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

Bhutan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
/2002-09-03/ Dorji
2003-08-30/2004-08-20 Jigme Yoser Thinley
Deputy minister of the national environment commission Dasho Nado Rinchen Zimba

Bolivia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of sustainable development and planning Jose Guillermo Justiniano Sandoval /2002-09-02/
Minister of sustainable development Gustavo Pedraza Merida Mesa Gisbert
Erwin Aguilera

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Title Minister Incumbency Under
/2002-09-03/ Mikerevic
Minister of urban planning and environment (Federation government) Ramiz Mehmedagic Hadzipasic (FG)
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
Minister of environment, wildlife, and tourism Pelonomi Venson
Kitso Mokaila Mogae

Brazil

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Cardoso
Minister of environment Marina Silva Lula da Silva

Brunei

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Bolkiah

Bulgaria

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and water Dolores Borissova Arssenova Sakskoburggotski

Burkina Faso

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Dakar Djibrill Yonli

Burundi

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of land management, environment, and tourism Albert Mbonerane Ndayizeye

C

Cambodia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Mok Maret Hun Sen

Cameroon

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and forests Clarkson Oben Tanyi-Mbianyor /2002-09-04/
Minister of environment and nature protection Pierre Hele Inoni

Canada

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the environment Jack Davis 1971-06-11/1974-08-07 Trudeau
Jeanne Sauvé 1974-08-08/1975-12-04
* Roméo LeBlanc 1975-12-05/1976-01-21
Jean Marchand 1976-01-22/1976-06-30
* Roméo LeBlanc 1976-07-01/1976-09-13
1976-09-14/1979-04-01
Leonard Marchand 1979-04-02/1979-06-03
John Fraser 1979-06-04/1980-03-02 Clark
John Roberts 1980-03-03/1983-08-11 Trudeau
Charles Caccia 1983-08-12/1984-06-29
1984-06-30/1984-09-16 Turner
Suzanne Blais-Grenier 1984-09-17/1985-08-19 Mulroney
Tom McMillan 1985-08-20/1988-12-07
* Lucien Bouchard 1988-12-08/1989-01-29
1989-01-30/1990-05-21
* Frank Oberle, Sr. 1990-05-21/1990-05-22
Robert de Cotret 1990-05-22/1990-09-19
1990-09-20/1991-04-20
Jean Charest 1991-04-21/1993-06-24
Pierre Vincent 1993-06-25/1993-11-03 Campbell
Sheila Copps 1993-11-04/1996-01-24 Chrétien
Sergio Marchi 1996-01-25/1997-06-10
Christine Stewart 1997-06-11/1999-08-02
David Anderson 1999-08-03/2003-12-12
2003-12-12/2004-07-19 Martin
Stéphane Dion 2004-07-20/2006-02-05
Rona Ambrose 2006-02-06/ Harper

* Acting minister

Cape Verde

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, agriculture, and fisheries Maria Madalena Neves José Maria Neves

Central African Republic

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Joseph Ki Tiki Kouamba Gaombalet

Chad

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and water resources Oumar Kadjalami Boukar /2002-06-13 Yamassoum
2002-06-13/2003-06-24 Kabadi
Djimrangar Dadnadji 2003-06-24/2004-07-24 Faki
Adoum Diar 2004-07-24/2005-02-04
2005-02-04/ Yoadimnadji

Chile

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Lagos

China, Hong Kong

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary for environment, transport, and works Sarah Liao

China (People's Republic of)

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister, state environmental protection administration Xie Zhenhua Wen

Colombia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, housing, and territorial development Sandra Suarez Perez Uribe

Comoros

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Ministre du developpement rural, de la peche Mohamed Abdoulhamid Assoumani

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Anselme Enerunga Kabila

Republic of the Congo

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of industry, mines, and environment Michel Mampouya Sassou-Nguesso
Minister of forestry economy and environment Henri Djombo

Cook Islands

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Ngamau Munokoa
Tom Masters Marurai
Woonton

Costa Rica

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and energy Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Pacheco

Côte d'Ivoire

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Affi
Minister of environment Angele Gnonsoa Diarra

Croatia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental protection, physical planning, and construction Marina Matulović Dropulić Sanader

Cuba

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of science, technology, and environment Rosa Elena Simeon Negrin Castro
none

Cyprus

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of agriculture, natural resources, and environment Costas Themistocleous /2002-09-03/
Efthymios Efthymiou Papadopoulos

Czech Republic

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Libor Ambrozek Gross

D

Denmark

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Helge Nielsen 1973-09-27/1973-12-19 Jørgensen
Minister of environment and Greenland Holger Hansen 1973-12-19/1975-02-13 Hartling
Minister of environment Helge Nielsen 1975-02-13/1977-01-26 Jørgensen
Svend Jakobsen 1977-01-26/1977-02-26
Niels Matthiase 1977-02-26/1978-08-30
Ivar Nørgaard 1978-08-30/1980-02-28
Erik Holst 1980-02-28/1982-09-10
Minister of environment and Nordic affairs Christian Christensen 1982-09-10/1987-09-10 Schlüter
Minister of environment 1987-09-10/1988-06-03
Lone Dybkjær 1988-06-03/1990-12-18
Per Stig Møller 1990-12-18/1993-01-25
Minister of environment and energy Svend Auken 1993-01-25/2001-11-27 P.N. Rasmussen
Minister of environment Hans Christian Schmidt 2001-11-27/2004-08-02 A.F. Rasmussen
Connie Hedegaard 2004-08-02/

Djibouti

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of housing, town planning, environment, and national and regional development Abdallah Adillahi Miguil Dileita
Minister of urban planning, housing, environment, national, and regional development Souleiman Omar Oudine

Dominica

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Charles
Riviere
Minister of agriculture and the environment Ambrose George Roosevelt

Dominican Republic

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of state for the environment and natural resources Frank Moya Pons /2002-09-04/2004-08-16 Mejía
Maximiliano Puig Miller 2004-08-16/ Fernández

E

East Timor

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for development and the environment Marí bim Amude Alkatiri Alkatiri

Ecuador

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Cesar Alfonso Narvaez
Fabian Valdivieso Gutiérrez
Anita Alban Palacio

Egypt

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Mamdouh Riyadh Tadros
Minister of state for environment affairs Nadia Riad Makram Ebeid /2004-07-14 Ebeid
Maged George 2004-07-14/ Nazif

El Salvador

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and natural resources Walter Jokisch Flores
Minister of environment Hugo Barrera Saca

Equatorial Guinea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of forestry and environment Teodorín Nguema Obiang Mbasogo
none

Eritrea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of land, water, and environment Weldenkeil Ghebremariam Afewerki

Estonia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Heiki Kranich 1999-03-25/2002-01-28 Laar
2002-01-28/2003-03-04/ Kallas
2003-03-04/2003-04-10
2003-04-10/2005-04-12 Parts
Villu Reiljan /2005-04-12/
2005-04-12/ Ansip

Ethiopia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

F

Fiji

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for local government, housing, squatter settlement, and environment Mataiasi Vave Ragigia Laisenia Qarase

Finland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the environment and Nordic cooperation Jan-Erik Enestam Vanhanen

France

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and sustainable development Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin 2002-05-07/2004-03-31 Raffarin
Serge Lepeltier 2004-03-31/2005-05-31
2005-05-31/2005-06-03 Villepin
Nelly Olin 2005-06-03/

G

Gabon

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of forest economy, water, fishing, in charge of the environment Emile Doumba Emane

The Gambia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of state for fisheries, natural resources, and environment Susan Waffa-Ogoo Jammeh
Bai Mass Taal

Georgia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Tamar Lebanidze
/2005-02-03 Zhvania
2005-02-03/2005-02-17 Baramidze
Giorgi Papuashvili
2005-02-17/ Nogaideli

Germany

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for the environment, nature
conservation, and nuclear safety
Walter Wallmann 1986-06-06/1987-05-07 Kohl
Klaus Töpfer 1987-05-07/1994-11-17
Angela Merkel 1994-11-17/1998-10-27
Jürgen Trittin 1998-10-27/2005-11-22 Schröder
Sigmar Gabriel 2005-11-22/ Merkel

Ghana

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment /1994 Rawlings
Minister of environment, science, and technology 1994/2001-01-07
2001-01-07/2001-10 Kufuor
Minister of science and environment Kasim Kasanga
Christine Churcher

Greece

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, physical planning, and public works Georgios Souflias Karamanlis

Grenada

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of health and environment /2002-09-04/ Mitchell
Minister of health, social security, and the environment Ann David-Antoine 2003-12-03/
Minister of health and environment Clarice Modeste-Curwen

Guatemala

Title Minister Incumbency Under
2000-01-14/2004-01-14 Portillo
Carlos Cáceres Ruiz /2002-09-03/
2004-01-14/ Berger
Minister of the environment and natural resources Manuel Salazar Tezaguic
Juan Mario Dary Fuentes

Guinea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
1999-03-08/2004-02-23 Sidime
2004-02-23/2004-12-09 Fall
Minister of environment Cheik Abdel Kader
2004-12-09/ Diallo
Minister of mining, geology, and environment Alpha Mady Soumah

Guinea-Bissau

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none 2001-12-09/2002-11-17 Nhassé

Guyana

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

H

Haiti

Title Minister Incumbency Under
1988-02-09/1988-06-20 Célestin
1988-06-20/1991-02-13
1991-02-13/1991-10-11 Préval
1991-10-11/1992-06-19 Honorat int.
1992-06-19/1993-08-30 Bazin
1993-08-30/1994-11-08 Malval
1994-11-08/1995-11-07 Michel
1995-11-07/1996-02-27 Werleigh
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
2001-03-02/2002-03-15 Chérestal
2002-03-15/2004-03-12 Neptune
2004-03-12/ Latortue

?Haitian Minister of planning, environment, and external cooperation, Roland Pierre

Holy See (Vatican City)

Title Minister Incumbency Under
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

Honduras

Title Minister Incumbency Under
1971-06-07/1972-12-04 Uclés
1972-12-04/1975-04-22 Arellano
1975-04-22/1978-08-07 Castro
1978-08-07/1982-01-27 García
1982-01-27/1986-01-27 Córdova
1986-01-27/1990-01-27 Del Hoyo
1990-01-27/1994-01-27 Callejas
1994-01-27/1997-06 Reina
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

Hungary

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Fock 1967-04-14/1975-05-15
Lázár 1975-05-15/1987-06-25
Grósz 1987-06-25/1988-11-23
Németh 1988-11-23/1990-05-03
Antall 1990-05-03/1993-12-12
Boross 1993-12-12/1994-07-15
Horn 1994-07-15/1998-07-06
Orbán 1998-07-06/2002-05-27
Medgyessy 2002-05-27/2004-09-29
Gyurcsány 2004-09-29/
Minister of environmental protection and water management Miklos Persanyi

I

Iceland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Siv Fridleifsdottir
Sigridur Anna Thordadottir

India

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and forests T R Baalu 1999-10-13/
A. Raja

Indonesia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
State minister of environmental affairs Nabiel Makarim
Minister for the environment Rachmat Witoelar

Iran

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Vice president for environmental protection Masumeh Ebtekar
Fatemeh Javadi

Iraq

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Mishkat al-Mumin /2005-04-07 Allawi
2005-04-07/2005-05-03 Jaafari
Narmin Othman 2005-05-03/

Ireland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for the environment Sylvester Barret 1979-12-12/1980-10-15 Haughey
Ray Burke 1980-10-15/1981-06-30
Peter Barry 1981-06-30/1982-03-09 FitzGerald
Ray Burke 1982-03-09/1982-12-14 Haughey
Dick Spring 1982-12-14/1983-12-13 FitzGerald
Liam Kavanagh 1983-12-13/1986-02-14
John Boland 1986-02-14/1987-03-10
1987-03-10/1987-07-12 Haughey
Pádraig Flynn 1987-07-12/1991-11-08
John P. Wilson 1991-11-09/1991-11-14
Rory O'Hanlon 1991-11-14/1992-11-02
Michael Smith 1992-11-02/1994-12-15 Reynolds
Brendan Howlin 1994-12-15/1997-06-26 Bruton
Minister for environment and local government Noel Dempsey 1997-06-26/2002-06-06 Ahern
Martin Cullen 2002-06-06/2003
Minister for environment, heritage, and local government 2003/2004-09-29
Dick Roche 2004-09-29/

Israel

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Roni Milo 1988-12-22/1992-07-13 Shamir
Ora Namir 1992-07-13/1993-01 Rabin
Yossi Sarid 1993-01/1995-11-22
1995-11-22/1996-06-18 Peres
Rafael Eitan 1996-06-18/1999-05-18 Netanyahu
1999-05-18/1999-06-07
Dalia Itzik 1999-06-07/2001-03-07 Barak
Tzachi Hanegbi 2001-03-07/2003-03 Sharon
Yehudit Naot 2003-03/2004-10
Acting minister of environment Ilan Shalgi 2004-10-17/

Italy

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Altero Matteoli

J

Jamaica

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of lands and environment Dean Peart

Japan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the Environment Yoriko Kawaguchi /2002-01-29 Koizumi
Hiroshi Oki 2002-01-29/2002-11
Shunichi Suzuki 2002-11/2003-11
Yuriko Koike 2003-11/

Jordan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the environment Alia Hattough-Bouran
Khalid al-Irani

K

Kazakhstan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental protection Aytkul Samakova

Kenya

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for environment, natural resources, and wildlife Newton Kulundu
Minister for environment and natural resources Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka

Kiribati

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for environment, lands, and agricultural development Martin Tofinga

Kuwait

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Kyrgyzstan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

L

Laos

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Latvia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment protection Raimonds Vejonis

Lebanon

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Fares Boueiz
Yacoub Sarraf Siniora

Lesotho

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of tourism, environment, and culture Lebohang Ntsinyi Mosisili

Liberia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Libya

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Liechtenstein

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, agriculture, and forestry Alois Ospelt
Minister for environmental affairs, land-use planning, agriculture, and forestry Hugo Quaderer Hasler

Lithuania

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Arunas Kundrotas Brazauskas

Luxembourg

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Charles Goerens 1999/2004-08-02
Lucien Lux 2004-08-02/ Juncker

M

Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav)

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Ljubomir Janev
Zoran Sapuric

Madagascar

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Charles Sylvain Rabotoarison

Malawi

Title Minister Incumbency Under
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
Minister of science, technology, and environment Law Hieng Ding
Minister of natural resources and the environment Adenan Satem

Maldives

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of home affairs, housing, and environment Ismail Shafeeu
Minister of environment, energy, and water Ahmed Abdulla

Mali

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Nancoman Keita

Malta

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for environment and rural affairs George Pullicino

Marshall Islands

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of health and environment Alvin Jacklick

Mauritania

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of rural development and environment Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou
Gandega Silly Boubakar

Mauritius

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Rajesh Bhagwan
Minister of environment and national development unit Anil Kumar Bachoo Ramgoolam

Mexico

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of environment and natural resources Alberto Cardenas Jimenez
Jose Luis Luege Tamargo Fox

Micronesia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Urusemal

Moldova

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, construction, and territory development Gheorghe Duca
Minister of environment and natural resources Constantin Mihailescu Tarlev

Monaco

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental affairs and town planning Gilles Tonelli Proust

Mongolia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and nature Ulambayaryn Barsbold

Morocco

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of territorial development, water, and environment Mohamed El Yazghi

Mozambique

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental coordination John Kachamila

Myanmar (Burma)

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

N

Namibia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and tourism Philemon Malima
Willem Konjore Angula

Nauru

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for environment Kinza Cloudumar
none Scotty

Nepal

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of population and environment Bachaspati Devkota
Minister of environment, science, and technology Prakash Koirala Gyanendra

Netherlands

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of housing, spatial planning, and the environment Sybilla Dekker Balkenende

Netherlands Antilles

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none Ys

New Zealand

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for the Environment Marian Hobbs 1999-12-10/2001-02-23
2001-02-23/2001-03-28
Marian Hobbs 2001-03-28/2005-10-19
David Benson-Pope 2005-10-19/

Nicaragua

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment andnatural resources Arturo Harding Bolaños

Niger

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, water resources, and decertification control Adamou Namata
Abdou Labo Amadou

Nigeria

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Bala Mande
Iyorcha Ayu

North Korea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of land and environment protection Il-son Chang

Norway

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the environment Olav Gjærevoll 1972-05-08/1972-10-18 Bratteli
Trygve Haugeland 1972-10-18/1973-03-05 Korvald
Helga Gitmark 1973-03-05/1973-10-16
Tor Halvorsen 1973-10-16/1974-09-06 Bratteli
Gro Harlem Brundtland 1974-09-06/1976-01-15
1976-01-15/1979-10-08 Nordli
Rolf Arthur Hansen 1979-10-08/1981-02-04
1981-02-04/1981-10-14 Brundtland
Wenche Frogn Sellæg 1981-10-14/1983-06-08 Willoch
Rakel Surlien 1983-06-08/1986-05-09
Sissel Rønbeck 1986-05-09/1989-10-16 Brundtland
Kristin Hille Valla 1989-10-16/1990-11-03 Syse
Thorbjørn Berntsen 1990-11-03/1996-10-25 Brundtland
1996-10-25/1997-10-17 Jagland
Guro Fjellanger 1997-10-17/1998-08-31 Bondevik
1998-08-31/1998-09-23 Lahnstein
1998-09-24/2000-03-17 Bondevik
Siri Bjerke 2000-03-17/2001-10-19 Stoltenberg
Børge Brende 2001/2004 Bondevik
Knut Arild Hareide 2004/2005-10-17
Helen Bjørnøy 2005-10-17/ Stoltenberg

O

Oman

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of regional municipalities, environment, and water resources Khamis bin Mubarak bin Isa al-Alawi
Abdallah bin Muhammad bin Abdallah al-Ruwas

P

Pakistan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for environment, local government, and rural development Mohammad Ajmal Khan

Palau

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Panama

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Papua New Guinea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and conservation William Duma

Paraguay

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Peru

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Philippines

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of environment and natural resources Michael Defensor

Poland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental protection, natural resources and forestry Jan Szyszko 1997/
Minister of the environment Jerzy Swatoń ~2004/2005-04-25
Acting minister of the environment Tomasz Podgajniak 2005-04-25/2005
Minister of the environment Jan Szyszko 2005/

Portugal

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and of territorial planning Luis Nobre Guedes
Francisco Nunes Correia

Q

Country Minister Incumbency Title
Qatar none

R

Romania

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and water resources Speranta Maria Ianculescu
Sulfina Barbu

Russia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Rwanda

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of lands, resettlement, and environment Drocella Mugorwewera

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of health and environment Earl Asim Martin

Saint Lucia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for physical development, housing, and environment Ignatius Jean

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of health and the environment Douglas Slater

Samoa

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of natural resources and environment Sale Tagaloa Tagaloa

San Marino

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of territory, environment, and agriculture Gian Carlo Venturini

São Tomé and Príncipe

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of public works, infrastructure, natural resources, and environment Joaquim Rafael Branco
Secretary of state for environment, territorial security, and nature conservation Arlindo de Carvalho

Saudi Arabia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Senegal

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and conservation Modou Diagne
Thierno Lo /2006-01-24/2006-01-27/

Serbia and Montenegro

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of science and environmental protection Aleksandar Popovic
Minister of environmental protection and urban planning Boro Vucinic

Seychelles

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Ronnie Jumeau
Minister of foreign affairs, planning, and environment Jeremie Bonnelame

Sierra Leone

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of country planning, forestry, environment, and social welfare Alfred Bobson Sesay

Singapore

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for the environment Lim Swee Say 2001-11/2004-08-12
Minister for the environment and water resources Yaacob Ibrahim 2004-08-12/

Slovakia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Laszlo Miklos

Slovenia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and town planning Janez Kopac
Minister of environment and spatial planning Janez Podobnik Janez Jansa

Solomon Islands

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of forestry, environment, and conservation David Holosivi

Somalia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Abdik usman Abubakar

South Africa

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of national education and environmental affairs LA Pienaar 1990-12/1992-05 De Klerk
... 1992-05/1994-05
Minister of environmental affairs and tourism Dawie de Villiers 1994-05/ Mandela
Pallo Jordan 1996-05/
Valli Moosa /2004-04-29 Mbeki
Marthinus van Schalkwyk 2004-04-29/

South Korea

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Kyul-ho Kwak

Spain

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment Cristina Narbona

Sri Lanka

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and natural resources A. H. M. Fowzie

Sudan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and urban planning al-Tigani Adam Tahir

Suriname

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Swaziland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for tourism and environment Thandie Shongwe

Sweden

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of the environment and energy Birgitta Dahl 1987-10-01/1991-10-04 Carlsson
Minister of the environment Olof Johansson 1991-10-04/1991-11-30 Bildt
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 1994-10-07/1994-12-31 Carlsson
Minister of the environment 1995-01-01/1996-03-22
1996-03-22/1998-10-07 Persson
Kjell Larsson 1998-10-07/2002-10-21
Lena Sommestad 2002-10-21/

Switzerland

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Head of the federal department of environment, transport, energy and communications Moritz Leuenberger 1998/

Syria

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of local government and environment Hilal al-Atrash

T

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Tajikistan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental protection Usmonqul Shokirov

Tanzania

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of tourism, natural resources, and environment Zakhia Meghji

Thailand

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of natural resources and environment Khunkitti Suwit

Togo

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and forest resources Dbaba Bale

Tonga

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Trinidad and Tobago

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of public utilities and the environment Penelope Beckles

Tunisia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister for agriculture, environment, and water resources Habib Haddad

Turkey

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and forestry Osman Pepe

Turkmenistan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environmental protection Matkarim Rajapov

Tuvalu

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

U

Uganda

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of water, lands, and environment Kahinda Otafiire

Ukraine

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

United Arab Emirates

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

United Kingdom

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Secretary of state for the environment Peter Walker 1970-10-15/1972-11-05 Heath
Geoffrey Rippon 1972-11-05/1974-03-04
Anthony Crosland 1974-03-05/1976-04-08 Wilson
Peter Shore 1976-04-08/1979-05-04 Callaghan
Michael Heseltine 1979-05-05/1983-01-06 Thatcher
Tom King 1983-01-06/1983-06-11
Patrick Jenkin 1983-06-11/1985-09-02
Kenneth Baker 1985-09-02/1986-05-21
Nicholas Ridley 1986-05-21/1989-07-24
Chris Patten 1989-07-24/1990-11-28
Michael Heseltine 1990-11-28/1992-04-11 Major
Michael Howard 1992-04-11/1993-05-27
John Gummer 1993-05-27/1997-05-02
Secretary of state for the environment, transport and the regions John Prescott 1997/2001 Blair
Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Margaret Beckett 2001/

United States of America

Title Administrator Incumbency Under
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus 1970-12-04/1973-04-30 Nixon
* Robert W. Fri 1973-04-30/1973-09-12
Russell E. Train 1973-09-13/1974-08-09
1974-08-09/1977-01-20 Ford
* John R. Quarles Jr. 1977-01-21/1977-03-06 Carter
Douglas M. Costle 1977-03-07/1981-01-20
* Steven D. Jellinek 1981-01-21/1981-01-25 Reagan
Walter C. Barber Jr. 1981-01-26/1981-05-19
Anne M. Gorsuch 1981-05-20/1983-03-09
* Lee L. Verstandig 1983-03-10/1983-05-17
William D. Ruckelshaus 1983-05-18/1985-01-04
* Lee M. Thomas 1985-01-04/1985-02-07
1985-02-08/1989-01-20
* John Moore 1989-01-21/1989-02-05 GHW Bush
William K. Reilly 1989-02-06/1993-01-20
Carol Browner 1993-01-22/2001-01-19 Clinton
* W. Michael McCabe 2001-01-20/2001-01-30 GW Bush
Christine Todd Whitman 2001-01-31/2003-06-27
Linda J. Fisher 2003-06-28/2003-07-11
Marianne L. Horinko 2003-07-12/2003-11-05
Michael O. Leavitt 2003-11-06/2005-01-26
* Stephen L. Johnson 2005-01-26/2005-05-02
2005-05-02/

*Acting administrator

Uruguay

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of housing and environment Saul Irureta Saralegui

Uzbekistan

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Chairman of the state committee for environmental protection Khalillula Sherimbetov

V

Vanuatu

Title Minister Incumbency Under
none

Venezuela

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and natural resources Ana Elisa Osario

Vietnam

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of natural resources and environment Mai Ai Truc

W

X

Y

Yemen

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of tourism and environment Abd al-Malik al-Iryani
Minister of water and environment Muhammad Luft al-Iryani

Z

Zambia

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment, natural resources, and tourism Patrick Kalifungwa

Zimbabwe

Title Minister Incumbency Under
Minister of environment and tourism Francis Nhema

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