List of ministers of the environment
A list of ministers of the environment or officials in charge of equivalent governmental departments or ministries for all countries; with the current officials , and those present at the Earth summit World summit on sustainable development
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Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Cherif Rahmani
Ouyahia
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 /
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of works, transportation, and the environment
Wilmoth Daniel
Spencer
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of health
Gines Gonzalez Garcia
Kirchner
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Vartan Ayvazyan
Margaryan
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of agriculture, forestry, environment, and water management
Josef Proell
Schüssel
B
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of health and the environment
Marcus C. Bethel
Christie
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
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment and forest
Shahjahan Siraj
Zia
Tariqul Islam
/2005-01-17/
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of physical development and environment
/2002-09-03/
Arthur
Minister of housing, lands, and environment
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of natural resources and environmental protection
Leontiy Khorovzhik
Sidorsky
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 /
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of natural resources, the environment, commerce, and industry
John Briceńo
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 Briceńo
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment, housing, and urban affairs
Luc Marie Constant Gnacadja
Kérékou
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Arthur DO Hodgson
1998 -11-10 /~2000-11Smith
Terry Lister
~2000-11/~2001-10
Dennis Lister
~2001-10/2003 -07-30
D. Neletha Butterfield
2003 -07-30 /Scott
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
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
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment, wildlife, and tourism
Pelonomi Venson
Kitso Mokaila
Mogae
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Dakar Djibrill
Yonli
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of land management, environment, and tourism
Albert Mbonerane
Ndayizeye
C
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
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment, agriculture, and fisheries
Maria Madalena Neves
José Maria Neves
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Joseph Ki Tiki Kouamba
Gaombalet
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Secretaria general de la presidencia Eduardo Dockendorff
Lagos
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
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment, housing, and territorial development
Sandra Suarez Perez
Uribe
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Ministre du developpement rural, de la peche Mohamed Abdoulhamid
Assoumani
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Anselme Enerunga
Kabila
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of industry, mines, and environment
Michel Mampouya
Sassou-Nguesso
Minister of forestry economy and environment
Henri Djombo
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment and energy
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
Pacheco
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Affi
Minister of environment
Angele Gnonsoa
Diarra
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environmental protection, physical planning, and construction
Marina Matulovic Dropulic
Sanader
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of science, technology, and environment
Rosa Elena Simeon Negrin
Castro
none
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of agriculture, natural resources, and environment
Costas Themistocleous
/2002 -09-03 /
Efthymios Efthymiou
Papadopoulos
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment
Libor Ambrozek
Gross
D
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of housing, town planning, environment, and national and regional development
Dileita
Minister of urban planning, housing, environment, national, and regional development
Souleiman Omar Oudine
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Charles
Riviere
Minister of agriculture and the environment
Ambrose George
Roosevelt
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
Minister Incumbency
Under
Title
Cesar Alfonso Narvaez
Minister of environment
Fabian Valdivieso
Gutiérrez
Minister Incumbency
Under
Title
Mamdouh Riyadh Tadros
Mubarak Minister of environment
Nadia Riad Makram Ebeid
/2004 -07-14
Minister of state for environment affairs
Maged George
2004 -07-14 /
Minister Incumbency
Under
Title
Walter Jokisch
Flores Minister of environment and natural resources
Barrera, Hugo
Saca Minister of environment
Minister Incumbency
Under
Title
Ghebremariam Weldenkeil
Afewerki Minister of land, water, and environment
Minister Incumbency
Under
Title
Villu Reiljan
Rüütel Minister of environment
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G
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Gabon Emile Doumba
Minister of forest economy, water, fishing, in charge of the environment
The Gambia Susan Waffa-Ogoo
Secretary of state for fisheries, natural resources, and environment
Georgia Tamar Lebanidze
Minister of environment
Germany Juergen Trittin Minister for the environment, nature conservation, and nuclear security
Ghana Kasim Kasanga
Minister of science and environment
Greece Yeoryios Souflias
Minister of environment, physical planning, and public works
Grenada Clarice Modeste-Curwen
Minister of health and environment
Guatemala Manuel Salazar Tezaguic
Minister of the environment and natural resources
Guinea Alpha Mady Soumah
Minister of mining, geology, and environment
Guinea-Bissau none
Guyana none
H
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Haiti Roland Pierre
Minister of planning, environment, and exterior cooperation
Holy See (Vatican City)none
Honduras Patricia Panting
Minister of natural resources and environment
Hungary Miklos Persanyi
Minister of environmental protection and water management
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Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Iceland Siv Fridleifsdottir
Minister of environment
India Shri T.R. Baalu
1999 -10-13 /Minister of environment and forests
Indonesia Nabiel Makarim
State minister of environmental affairs
Iran Masumeh Ebtekar
Vice president for environmental protection
Iraq Mishkat al-Mumin
Minister of environment
J
K
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Kazakhstan Aytkul Samakova
Minister of environmental protection
Kenya Newton Kulundu
Minister for environment, natural resources, and wildlife
Kiribati Martin Tofinga
Minister for environment, lands, and agricultural development
Kuwait none
Kyrgyzstan none
L
M
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Macedonia (The former Yugoslav republic of)Ljubomir Janev
Minister of environment
Madagascar General Charles Sylvain Rabotoarison
Minister of environment
Malawi Davies Katsonga
Minister of mines, natural resources, and environmental affairs
Uladi Mussa
Minister of natural resources and environmental affairs
Malaysia Law Hieng Ding
Minister of science, technology, and environment
Maldives Ismail Shafeeu
Minister of home affairs, housing, and environment
Mali Nancoman Keita
Minister of environment
Malta George Pullicino
Minister for environment and rural affairs
Marshall Islands Alvin Jacklick
Minister of health and environment
Mauritania Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou
Minister of rural development and environment
Mauritius Rajesh Bhagwan
Minister of environment
Mexico Alberto Cardenas Jimenez
Secretary of environment and natural resources
Micronesia (Federated states of)none
Moldova Gheorghe Duca
Minister of environment, construction, and territory development
Monaco none
Mongolia Ulambayaryn Barsbold
Minister of environment and nature
Morocco Mohamed El Yazghi
Minister of territorial development, water, and environment
Mozambique John Kachamila
Minister of environmental coordination
Myanmar (Burma)none
N
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Namibia Philemon Malima
Minister of environment and tourism
Nauru Kinza Cloudumar
Minister for environment
Nepal Bachaspati Devkota
Minister of population and environment
Netherlands Sybilla Dekker
Minister of housing, spatial planning, and the environment
Netherlands Antilles none
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Nicaragua Arturo Harding
Minister of environment andnatural resources
Niger Adamou Namata
Minister of environment, water resources, and decertification control
Nigeria Bala Mande
Minister of environment
North Korea Il-son Chang
Minister of land and environment protection
Norway Knut Arild Hareide
Minister of the environment
O
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Oman Khamis bin Mubarak bin Isa al-Alawi
Minister of regional municipalities, environment, and water resources
P
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Pakistan Mohammad Ajmal Khan
Minister for environment, local government, and rural development
Palau none
Panama none
Papua New Guinea William Duma
Minister of environment and conservation
Paraguay none
Peru none
Philippines Michael Defensor
Secretary of environment and natural resources
Poland Jerzy Swaton
Minister of environmental protection
Portugal Luis Nobre Guedes
Minister of environment and of territorial planning
Q
R
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Romania Speranta Maria Ianculescu
Minister of environment and water resources
Russia none
Rwanda Mugorwewera, Drocella
Minister of lands, resettlement, and environment
S
Country Title
Minister Incumbency
Saint Kitts and Nevis Minister of health and environment
Earl Asim Martin
Saint Lucia Minister for physical development, housing, and environment
Ignatius Jean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of health and the environment
Douglas Slater
Samoa Minister of natural resources and environment
Sale Tagaloa Tagaloa
San Marino Secretary of territory, environment, and agriculture
Giian Carlo Venturini
Săo Tomé and Príncipe 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 none
Senegal Minister of environment and conservation
Modou Diagne
Serbia and Montenegro Minister of science and environmental protection
Aleksandar Popovic
Minister of environmental protection and urban planning
Boro Vucinic
Seychelles Minister of environment
Ronnie Jumeau
Minister of foreign affairs, planning, and environment
Jeremie Bonnelame
Sierra Leone Minister of country planning, forestry, environment, and social welfare
Alfred Bobson Sesay
Singapore Minister for the environment
LIM Swee Say
Slovakia Minister of environment
Laszlo Miklos
Title
Minister Incumbency
Under
Minister of environment and town planning
Janez Kopac
Minister of environment and spatial planning
Janez Podobnik
Janez Jansa
T
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Taiwan (Republic of China)none
Tajikistan Usmonqul Shokirov
Minister of environmental protection
Tanzania Zakhia Meghji
Minister of tourism, natural resources, and environment
Thailand SUWIT Khunkitti
Minister of natural resources and environment
Togo Dbaba Bale
Minister of environment and forest resources
Tonga none
Trinidad and Tobago Penelope Beckles
Minister of public utilities and the environment
Tunisia Habib Haddad
Minister for agriculture, environment, and water resources
Turkey Osman Pepe
Minister of environment and forestry
Turkmenistan Matkarim Rajapov
Minister of environmental protection
Tuvalu none
U
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Uruguay Saul Irureta Saralegui
Minister of housing and environment
Uzbekistan Khalillula Sherimbetov
Chairman of the state committee for environmental protection
V
W
X
Y
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Yemen Abd al-Malik al-Iryani
Minister of tourism and environment
Muhammad Luft al-Iryani
Minister of water and environment
Z
Country Minister Incumbency
Title
Zambia Patrick Kalifungwa
Minister of environment, natural resources, and tourism
Zimbabwe Francis Nhema
Minister of environment and tourism
