What is Marc Chardonnens?
[[File:Marc Chardonnens (2017, cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Marc Chardonnens''' (1960 – 6 April 2020) was a Swiss government official. He worked at the Federal Office for Environmental Protection from 1987 to 2004, then at the Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/communiques.msg-id-60457.html|title=Marc Chardonnens, nouveau directeur de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement|date=27 January 2016|work=Le Conseil fédéral|language=French}}</ref> In 2004, he was appointed as head of the environmental department of the [[Canton of Fribourg]]. He chaired the conférence des chefs des services de la protection de l'environnement from 2011 to 2015. On 27 January 2016, the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]] elected him Director of the [[Federal Office for the Environment]]. He took office on 11 April 2016, and resigned in late January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/communiques.msg-id-76978.html|title=Changement à la tête de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement|date=7 November 2019|work=Le Conseil fédéral|language=French}}</ref> Chardonnens died on 6 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/fribourg/11232308-ancien-directeur-de-l-ofev-le-fribourgeois-marc-chardonnens-est-decede.html|title=Ancien directeur de l'OFEV, le Fribourgeois Marc Chardonnens est décédé|date=8 April 2020|work=RTS|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chardonnens, Marc}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Swiss politicians]] {{bio-stub}}