Barbara Thomson | |
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| Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
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| Born | 3 February 1954 |
Barbara Thomson (alternatively spelled Barbara Thompson) is the current Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs in South Africa. [1]
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