Mandisi Mpahlwa | |
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 Mandisi Mpahlwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa in the governments of Thabo Mbeki (2004-2008) and Kgalema Motlanthe (since 2008) at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 31, 2009 | |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
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