Environment minister

See also: List of environmental ministries

An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an environmental minister depends largely of the needs of an individual countries or states.

The world's first minister of the environment was the British Politician Peter Walker from the Conservative Party. He was appointed in 1970.

Country-related articles

• Albania: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
• Australia: Minister for the Environment
  • Minister for Energy and Environment (New South Wales)
  • Minister for Environment and Natural Resources (Northern Territory)
  • Minister for Environment (Western Australia)
• Austria: Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management
• Azerbaijan: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
• Canada: Minister of the Environment
• Republic of China: Minister of Environmental Protection Administration
• Costa Rica: Ministry of Environment and Energy
• Czech Republic: Ministry of the Environment
• Denmark: Minister of the Environment
• Estonia: Minister of the Environment
• Ethiopia: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• European Union: Commissioner for the Environment
• Finland: Minister of Environment
• France: Minister of Ecology (as of 2017, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition)
• Germany: Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
• Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
• Hong Kong: Secretary for the Environment
• Iceland: Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
• Indonesia: Ministry of Environment and Forestry
• Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
• Italy: Ministry of the Environment
• Japan: Minister of the Environment
• South Korea: Ministry of Environment
• Lithuania: Ministry of Environment
• Malaysia: Minister of Environment and Water
• Mexico: Secretary of the Environment
• Netherlands: Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
• New Zealand: Minister for the Environment
• North Macedonia: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
• Norway: Minister of the Environment
• Pakistan: Minister of Environment
• Panama: Ministry of Environment
• Peru: Ministry of Environment
• Philippines: Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
• Romania: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
• Serbia: Ministry of the Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
• Singapore: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
• South Africa: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
• Sweden: Minister of the Environment
• Thailand: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
• Turkey: Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning
• Ukraine: Environment Ministry
• United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Northern Ireland: Minister for the Environment
  • Scotland: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
• United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior
• Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

See also

• List of ministers of the environment
• All pages with titles beginning with Minister for the Environment
• All pages with titles beginning with Minister of the Environment