Ahmed Djoghlaf (born 25 November 1953 in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

), was the executive secretary of the

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under the

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(UNEP) until 2012. As Executive Secretary of the Convention, he had a key role in the field of

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

and protection of global

biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

. He was formerly the Assistant Executive Director of

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and Director of the Division of the

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Coordination. He studied at, among others, the

Nancy-Université Nancy-Université federated the three principal institutes of higher education of Nancy, France, Nancy, in Lorraine (region), Lorraine, France before their merger into the University of Lorraine: * Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as ...

, France (PhD in political sciences), St. John's University, New York (Master of Arts, Government and Politics),

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(Master of Political Sciences and Information Sciences) and the

University of Algiers The University of Algiers (Arabic language, Arabic:جامعة الجزائر – بن يوسف بن خـدة ), commonly called the Algiers 1 University, is a public university, public research university located in Algiers, Algeria. It is the ...

(Law degree). He is a Councillor of the

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1953 births Living people People from Algiers Algerian officials of the United Nations United Nations Environment Programme Algerian diplomats Nancy-Université alumni 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub