Mike Muller (engineer)
Arnold Michael (Mike) Muller (born December 1, 1949 in Johannesburg ) is a South African engineer and development specialist .
Life
Muller is an engineer (MSc (Eng)). His 1974 by War on Want published The Baby Killer (translation into German: Nestlé kills babies ) contributed significantly to the Nestlé boycott .
From 1979 to 1988 he was involved in the implementation of state water supply and water treatment projects in Mozambique . Between 1988 and 1994, Muller worked at the Development Bank of Southern Africa in a management position with responsibility for infrastructure programs and related policy.
In 1997 the South African government appointed him to the position of Director-General in the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry , which he held until 2005. His tasks included the implementation of new policy approaches for the water supply in the country and the reform of existing legislation. In addition, Muller initiated numerous programs and projects to enable many people across the country to have a safe water supply. In this role, Muller was involved in the negotiations with Mozambique and Swaziland , which aimed at the joint use of water resources, which resulted in a trilateral agreement: the Interim Agreement for Co-operation on the Protection and Sustainable Utilization of the Water Resources of the Incomati and Maputo Watercourses ( IncoMaputo Agreement , German roughly: “Provisional cooperation agreement for the protection and sustainable use of water resources in the catchment areas of the Komati and Maputo”). He also led the negotiations for South Africa during the start-up phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project .
From 2010 to 2015 he was a member of the South African National Planning Commission . From 2012 to 2014 he was chairman of the Global Agenda Council on Water Security of the World Economic Forum . Since 2006 he has been visiting professor for public management and development management at Witwatersrand University .
Due to his diverse services and expertise, he became a Fellow of the South African Institute of Civil Engineer (SAICE) and the Water Institute of Southern Africa .
His publishing activities extend to both the popular science and the academic sector.
Fonts (selection)
- The baby killer: a War on Want investigation into the promotion and sale of powdered baby milks in the Third World. London: War on Want, 1974. OCLC 488739838
- German translation of the Working Group Third World Bern : Nestle kills babies: causes and consequences of the spread of artificial baby food in the Third World . Bern, 1974. OCLC 885081359
- Tobacco and the Third World: Tomorrow's epidemic? A War on Want investigation into the production, promotion and use of tobacco in the developing countries. London: War on Want, 1978. ISBN 9780905990033
- The health of nations. A north-south investigation Faber and Faber, London 1982. ISBN 9780571119561
- German translation by Niels Kadritzke : Heile und Rule: Health in the Third World and the politics of the pharmaceutical industry. Berlin: Rotbuch-Verlag, 1983. ISBN 978-3-88022-272-4
Web links
- Mike Muller (engineer) in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- Mike Muller: A full frontal view of SA water reform . online at www.oecd.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Michael Muller: Understanding the origins of Cape Town's Water Crisis . In: Civil Engineering, Vol. 2017, Issue 5 (June 2017), pp. 11–16 Download link
- ↑ Mike Muller on the Witwatersrand University website
- ^ Yves Beigbeder , Mahyar Nashat, Marie-Antoinette Orsini, Jean-François Tiercy: The World Health Organization . In: International Organization and the Evolution of World Society . tape 4 . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998, ISBN 978-90-411-1096-1 , pp. 78 (English).
- ↑ a b c d University of the Witwatersrand , Wits School of Governance: Curriculum Vitae. Professor Mike Muller . at www.wits.academia.edu (English)
- ↑ Anonymous: Mr Arnold Michael Muller . at www.nationalplanningcommission.wordpress.com (English)
- ↑ Mike Muller: Nestlé baby milk scandal has grown up but not gone away . In: The Guardian . February 13, 2013, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed March 26, 2020]).
- ^ International Hydropower Association: Mike Muller . on www.hydropower.org , the website of the International Hydropower Association (English)
- ↑ Mike Muller on The Conversation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muller, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muller, Arnold Michael (full name); Muller, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African engineer and development specialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |