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Christiana Figueres

1956 - Today

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Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen (born 7 August 1956) is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. During the next six years she worked to rebuild the global climate change negotiating process, leading to the 2015 Paris Agreement, widely recognized as a historic achievement. Over the years Figueres has worked in the fields of climate change, technical and financial cooperation, energy, land use and sustainable development. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christiana Figueres is the 60th most popular diplomat (down from 52nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Costa Rican Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Christiana Figueres ranks 60 out of 90. Before her are Roger Casement, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Ernest Mason Satow, Zannanza, and Ángel Sanz Briz. After her are Roberto Azevêdo, Jules Cambon, Joseph Grew, Vatslav Vorovsky, Ri Yong-ho, and Paul Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Christiana Figueres ranks 202. Before her are Paul Young, Jordan Rudess, Said Belqola, Sean Kelly, Gabriela von Habsburg, and Arsenio Hall. After her are Catherine Frot, Keith David, Mae Jemison, Peter Schilling, Maurice Cheeks, and Douglas Preston.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Christiana Figueres ranks 9 out of 134. Before her are Laura Chinchilla (1959), Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1922), Keylor Navas (1986), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), and Franklin Chang Díaz (1950). After her are Rodrigo Chaves Robles (1961), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), Harry Shum Jr. (1982), José María Castro Madriz (1818), Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), and Federico Tinoco Granados (1868).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Costa Rica

Among diplomats born in Costa Rica, Christiana Figueres ranks 1. 

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