What is Klaus Töpfer?
[[File:Klaus Toepfer 5.jpg|right|200px]] '''Klaus Töpfer''' (29 July 1938 &ndash; 8 June 2024) was a German politician. He was born in [[Wałbrzych|Waldenburg]], [[Silesia]]. He was a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]. From 1998 to 2006, he was executive director of the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundespraesident-in-der-kritik-merkel-und-roesler-in-engem-kontakt-ueber-wulff-nachfolger-1.1252492 |title=Koalition weist Nachfolgersuche von sich |newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |date=7 January 2012 }}</ref> Töpfer died on 8 June 2024 from problems caused by a fall in [[Munich]], Germany at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/klaus-toepfer-gestorben-bundesumweltminister-cdu-100.html Der frühere rheinland-pfälzische Umweltminister Klaus Töpfer ist gestorben] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Topfer, Klaus}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Environment ministers of Germany]] [[Category:Housing and Urban Development ministers of Germany]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] {{bio-stub}}