Luc Gnacadja

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Luc Gnacadja at the 6th World Water Forum

Luc-Marie Constant Gnacadja is a Beninese politician and architect. Under President Mathieu Kérékou, he was Minister of the Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning from June 1999 to February 2005.[1] Gnacadja was the candidate of the Envol movement in the March 2006 presidential election,[2] receiving 11th place and 0.68% of the vote.[3]

Gnacadja was awarded the Green Award 2002 by the World Bank in March 2003.[4]

In September 2007, Gnacadja was appointed as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, after he was endorsed by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD.[4] In applying for the position, Gnacadja was said to have been backed by Beninese President Yayi Boni.[5] Gnacadja's second term concluded at the end of September 2013.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Page on 2006 presidential candidates, BBC Afrique (French).
  2. ↑ Page on 2006 presidential candidates, sonangnon.net (French).
  3. ↑ Elections in Benin, African Elections Database.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Secretary-General appoints Luc Gnacadja of Benin Executive Secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification", UN.org, SG/A/1092, September 11, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Beninese named UN Desertification Convention chief", African Press Agency, September 5, 2007.
  6. ↑ http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sga1438.doc.htm
  7. ↑ http://post2015.iisd.org/news/un-ambassadors-launch-group-of-friends-of-desertification/


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