Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Mostafa Kamal Tolba
مصطفى كمال طلبة
Dr. Mostafa Tolba
President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee
In office
1971–1972
Preceded byMuhammad Abu el-Ezz
Succeeded byAbdel Moneim Wahbi Hussein
2nd Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme
In office
1975–1992
Preceded byMaurice Strong
Succeeded byElizabeth Dowdeswell
Personal details
Born(1922-12-08)8 December 1922
Zefta, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
Died28 March 2016(2016-03-28) (aged 93)
Geneva, Switzerland
ProfessionDoctor

Mostafa Kamal Tolba (Arabic: مصطفى كمال طلبة) (8 December 1922 – 28 March 2016) was an Egyptian scientist who served for seventeen years as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In that capacity he led development of the Montreal Protocol, which saved the ozone layer and thus millions of lives from skin cancer and other impacts.