Mostafa Kamal Tolba | |
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مصطفى كمال طلبة | |
President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee | |
In office 1971–1972 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abu el-Ezz |
Succeeded by | Abdel Moneim Wahbi Hussein |
2nd Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme | |
In office 1975–1992 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Strong |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Dowdeswell |
Personal details | |
Born | Zefta, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt | 8 December 1922
Died | 28 March 2016 Geneva, Switzerland | (aged 93)
Profession | Doctor |
Mostafa Kamal Tolba (Arabic: مصطفى كمال طلبة) (8 December 1922 – 28 March 2016) was an Egyptian scientist who served for seventeen years as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).[1] In that capacity he led development of the Montreal Protocol, which saved the ozone layer and thus millions of lives from skin cancer and other impacts.[2]
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