Office: | Minister of Physical Planning |
Term Start: | 1991 |
Term End: | 1994 |
Office1: | Minister of Environment |
Term Start1: | 1994 |
Term End1: | 1994 |
Office2: | Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament |
Term Start2: | 1994 |
Term End2: | 1998 |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1942 |
Birth Place: | Västerås, Sweden |
Party: | Centre Party |
Alma Mater: | Umeå University |
Nationality: | Swedish |
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.
Thurdin was born in Västerås on 26 May 1942.[1] She is a graduate of Umeå University.[1] She began her political career as a member of the municipal board in Örnsköldsvik and was in office until 1985.[1] Then she was elected to the Swedish Parliament in 1986 for Centre Party.[1] Next year she was made the second vice chair of the party.[1]
Thurdin was the minister of physical planning in the period of 1991–1994 and minister of environment in 1994.[1] She also acted as the deputy speaker of the Swedish Parliament.[2] As of 2009, she headed the UNESCO council in Sweden.[3] She was also the chair of International Save the Children Alliance.[4]