The Foreign Ministry of Finland

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament, Blue Reform

Born on 30 May 1962, Rauma

Minister for Foreign Affairs 29 May 2015 –

Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, 29 May 2015 – 28 June 2017

The Finns Party, Party Leader 1997 – 2017

Member of Parliament, 2003 – 2009, 2011 to present

Speakers (First Deputy Speaker) 28.4.2015 – 28.5.2015

Speaker’s Council (member) 3.5.2011 – 21.4.2015, (First Deputy Speaker) 28.4.2015 – 28.5.2015

Chancellery Commission (First Deputy Speaker) 28.4.2015 – 28.5.2015

Legal Affairs Committee (member) 2.4.2003 – 20.3.2007, (deputy member) 3.5.2007 – 13.7.2009

Grand Committee (deputy member) 29.4.2003 – 2.5.2007, (member) 3.5.2007 – 13.7.2009, (deputy member) 3.5.2011 – 21.4.2015

Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (member) 9.5.2007 – 13.7.2009

Foreign Affairs Committee (Chair) 3.5.2011 – 21.4.2015

Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 1.6.2007 – 31.5.2011

The Finnish Delegation to the Asia – Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (member) 30.6.2011 – 9.10.2012

Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (deputy member) 14.5.2003 – 13.7.2009

Forum for International Affairs (member) 3.5.2011 – 21.4.2015, (First Deputy Speaker) 28.4.2015 – 28.5.2015

European Parliament, MEP 13.7.2009 – 19.4.2011

Espoo City Council, Member 2001 to present

Espoo Local Executive, Member 2006-2007

Publications

Peruspomo (2014)

Maisterisjätkä (2008)