Achim Steiner

Achim Steiner
9th Administrator of the
United Nations Development Programme
Assumed office
19 April 2017
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byHelen Clark
Personal details
Born17 May 1961 (1961-05-17) (age 63)
Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian, German
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
SOAS, University of London
Harvard Business School

Achim Steiner (born 17 May 1961) is a Brazilian-German environmentalist who currently serves as the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and vice-chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

Before joining UNDP, he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP (2006–2016), and director of the Oxford Martin School (2016–2017). He has also served as director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and secretary-general of the World Commission on Dams.


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