Tarja Kaarina Halonen is a Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland,and the first and to date only woman to hold the position,from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to prominence as a lawyer with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK),and as the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary (1974–1975) and a member of the City Council of Helsinki (1977–1996). Halonen was a Social Democratic Party member of parliament from 1979 until her election to the presidency in 2000. She also served as a minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health from 1987 to 1990,as Minister of Justice from 1990 to 1991,and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2000.
The National Coalition Party is a liberal-conservative political party in Finland. It is currently the biggest party and the ruling political party of Finland.
The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Finland.
The Centre Party,officially the Centre Party of Finland,is an agrarian-centrist political party in Finland. Ideologically,the Centre Party is positioned in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been described as liberal,social-liberal,liberal-conservative,and conservative-liberal. The party’s leader is Antti Kaikkonen,who was elected in June 2024 to succeed former minister Annika Saarikko. As of June 2023,the party has been part of the parliamentary opposition.
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career,he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
Sauli VäinämöNiinistö is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
Henrik Lax is a Finnish politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the Swedish People's Party,Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties,Justice and Home Affairs.
Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish politician who,in his long and eventful political career,has served,among other things,as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1982,and again from 1983 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1993. He is a former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement,the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He left the Centre Party in 2023.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 15 and 29 January 2006 which resulted in the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term.
Arto Henrikki Lahti is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Helsinki School of Economics.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 March 2007. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. The 200 members of the Eduskunta were elected from 15 constituencies.
The Iraq leak is a series of events that began on 6 March 2003 from a statement given by Anneli Jäätteenmäki,leader of the Finnish Centre Party,in a televised election debate prior to the 2003 parliamentary election. Jäätteenmäki accused Paavo Lipponen,the then Prime Minister of Finland,of attaching Finland to George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' that was in preparation for the 2003 war in Iraq. Lipponen had visited Washington on 9 December 2002.
Brazil–Finland relations are the diplomatic relations between Brazil and Finland.
Mari Johanna Kiviniemi is a Finnish politician,who served as the 41st and second female Prime Minister of Finland from 2010 to 2011.
Presidential elections were held in Finland in January and February 2012. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting between 11 and 17 January. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote,a second round was held on 5 February,with advance voting between 25 and 31 January. Sauli Niinistöwas elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 1 March 2018.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistöreceived 63% of the vote and was elected for a second term,avoiding a second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every municipality and a majority in all but 13 municipalities.
The following lists events that happened in 2010 in Finland.
The following lists events that happened in 2009 in Finland.
Events in the year 2008 in Finland.
