Görel Thurdin (born 26 May 1942) is Swedish politician who served as the minister of physical planning and the minister of environment in the 1990s, and was a member of the Swedish Parliament.

Biography

Thurdin was born in

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on 26 May 1942. She is a graduate of

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. She began her political career as a member of the municipal board in

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and was in office until 1985. Then she was elected to the Swedish Parliament in 1986 for Centre Party. Next year she was made the second vice chair of the party. Thurdin was the minister of physical planning in the period of 1991–1994 and minister of environment in 1994. She also acted as the deputy speaker of the Swedish Parliament. As of 2009, she headed the

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council in Sweden. She was also the chair of International Save the Children Alliance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurdin, Gorel 20th-century Swedish women politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians 1942 births Deputy speakers of the Riksdag Living people Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988 Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) People from Västerås Swedish Ministers for the Environment Swedish officials of the United Nations Umeå University alumni Women government ministers of Sweden Women members of the Riksdag