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Jean Ziegler, 92, UN Food Rapporteur, Dies

6/11/2026

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  • Jean Ziegler died Wednesday in Geneva at 92 from Parkinson’s complications.
  • At 90 he published “Where is hope?” urging resistance to wars, famines and inequality.
  • He accused Swiss bankers of serving as “Hitler’s receivers” in WWII and blamed neoliberal capitalism for global misfortune.
  • From 2000-2008 he was UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and joined the UN Iraq humanitarian task force.