Simon Stiell

Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell is a Grenadian politician, serving as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since August 2022.{{cite news|author=Associated Press |title=UN chief taps Grenada's Simon Stiell as new UN climate chief |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-chief-taps-grenadas-simon-stiell-as-new-un-climate-chief/2022/08/15/065f3326-1cd6-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022}}{{cite news |author=Harvey |first=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=15 August 2022 |title=Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/15/grenadian-minister-simon-stiell-to-be-next-un-climate-chief |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=The Guardian}}{{cite web |author= |title=Simon Stiell Appointed New UNFCCC Executive Secretary |website=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |url=https://unfccc.int/news/simon-stiell-appointed-new-unfccc-executive-secretary |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Catherine |title=Meet the U.N.'s New Caribbean-Born Climate Czar |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/19/united-nations-climate-negotiations-simon-stiell-grenada-reparations/ |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}} He indirectly succeeded Patricia Espinosa as the head of the UNFCCC, though Ibrahim Thiaw briefly served on an interim basis. Stiell previously served as Grenada's environment, education, and human resources minister.

Career

Stiell is an engineer and studied for an MBA at the University of Westminster. Prior to his political career, he worked in the technology sector for 14 years outside Grenada. He worked for Nokia and GEC Plessey Telecommunications. Stiell moved back to Grenada after his technology career and established a property development company. He also chaired the country's tourism board and chamber of commerce.{{cite web |author= |title=Grenada's Simon Stiell appointed to lead the UN climate change body |website=Climate Home News |url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/08/12/grenadas-simon-stiell-set-to-be-appointed-un-climate-chief/ |date=12 August 2022 |access-date=18 August 2022}}

=Political career=

In 2013, Stiell was appointed to the Senate of Grenada, as a member of the New National Party. He served as a junior minister for agriculture,{{cite news |author= |title=Stiell At OECS Environment Ministers Meeting |website=NOW Grenada |url=https://www.nowgrenada.com/2014/09/stiell-oecs-environment-ministers-meeting/ |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=18 August 2022}} environment, and human resources development. From 2017 to 2018, Stiell was the cabinet minister of education and human resources development. In March 2018, he was appointed as the country's environment and climate resilience minister. Stiell continued until June 2022, when his New National Party lost a general election.

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