Peter Eigen
 Peter Eigen       (lawyer) | |
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| Born | June 11, 1938 Augsburg, Germany |
| Spouse | Gesine Schwan |
| Founder of | Transparency International |
| Member of | Fulbright Program |
Peter Eigen founded the Advisory Council of Transparency International.
Career
Eigen trained as a lawyer. He worked in "economic development" for 25 years, mainly for the World Bank as a manager of programmes in Africa and Latin America.
In September 2001, Eigen joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as Visiting Scholar while teaching at Johns Hopkins University/SAIS. He also joined the Board of The Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and since 2002, has been teaching as an Honorary Professor of Political Science of the Freie Universität in Berlin. In 2005, Eigen chaired the International Advisory Group of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and became Chair of EITI in 2006.
In 2007 Peter Eigen co-founded the Berlin Civil Society Center with Burkhard Gnärig.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | Switzerland World Economic Forum | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
