Robert Dean Barbers

Robert Dean Smith Barbers is a Filipino government official who served as Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines. He was also the general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) and a City Councilor of Makati. He is the youngest son of former Senator Robert Barbers and a brother of former Surigao del Norte Representative Ace Barbers.

He ran for vice mayor of Makati in 2001, but lost to Ernesto Mercado.

Barbers was appointed on November 12, 2002, as general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His appointment was legally challenged by his predecessor Nixon Kua who insisted his term should end in 2006, a case Kua lost.

Barbers' term expired in 2008. He was succeeded by Mark Lapid. He ran for representative of 1st district of Makati in 2010, but lost to Monique Lagdameo.

In 2025, Barbers and two other PTA officials were convicted and sentenced to up to eight years imprisonment for graft over the construction of the PTA Sports Complex.