- Luc Gnacadja
Luc-Marie Constant Gnacadja is a
Benin ese politician and anarchitect . Under PresidentMathieu Kérékou , he was Minister of the Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning from June 1999 to February 2005. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/specials/1618_benin_elex/page5.shtml Page on 2006 presidential candidates] , BBC Afrique fr.] Gnacadja was the candidate of theEnvol movement in the March 2006 presidential election, [ [http://www.sonangnon.net/vote2006.php Page on 2006 presidential candidates] , sonangnon.net fr.] receiving 11th place and 0.68% of the vote. [ [http://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] , African Elections Database.]Gnacadja was awarded the Green Award 2002 by the
World Bank in March 2003. [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sga1092.doc.htm "Secretary-General appoints Luc Gnacadja of Benin Executive Secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification"] , UN.org, SG/A/1092, September 11, 2007.]In September 2007, Gnacadja was appointed as Executive Secretary of the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) byUnited Nations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-Moon , after he was endorsed by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD. In applying for the position, Gnacadja was said to have been backed by Beninese PresidentYayi Boni . [ [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=41128 "Beninese named UN Desertification Convention chief"] , African Press Agency, September 5, 2007.]References
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