Erkki Liikanen

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Erkki Liikanen
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Liikanen in 2016
Governor of Bank of Finland
In office
12 July 2004 12 July 2018
Education University of Helsinki

Erkki Antero Liikanen (born 19 September 1950) is a Finnish social democratic politician and a former Governor of the Bank of Finland. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Erkki Antero Liikanen obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science (Economics) from the University of Helsinki in 1975. [3]

Political career

Liikanen was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 1972 when he was only 21 years old. Liikanen was appointed the Minister of Finance in the Holkeri Cabinet in 1987. [4] He left Parliament in 1990 to become the first Finnish Ambassador to the European Union. [5]

In 1994 he became the first Finnish Member of the European Commission. He was Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and administration, which included responsibilities for translation and information technology. [6]

Liikanen served as Governor of the Bank of Finland from 12 July 2004. As such he also became a Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (2004–2018) and Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland (2004–2018). [7]

In February 2012, EU Commissioner Michel Barnier asked Liikanen to chair a group of experts to assess the need for structural reforms to the EU banking sector. Their works is known as the Liikanen report was published on 2 October 2012.

Liikanen was also the chairman of Finnish Red Cross between June 2008 and June 2014.

In early 2019, a Reuters poll of economists found that while Benoît Cœuré was considered best-suited for the role as President of the European Central Bank, the most likely compromise candidate was Liikanen. [8]

Positions held

Other activities

International organizations

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Liikanen is married to Hanna-Liisa Liikanen and they have two daughters. [15] [16]

Literary work

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  14. Membership Archived 1 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trilateral Commission.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1987–1990
Succeeded by
First Finnish European Commissioner
1995–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded byas European Commissioner for Budget and Financial Control European Commissioner for Budget, and Personnel and Administration
1995–1999
Succeeded byas European Commissioner for the Budget
Succeeded byas European Commissioner for Administrative Reform
Preceded byas European Commissioner for Industrial Affairs, Information and Telecommunications Technologies European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
1999–2004
Served alongside: Ján Figeľ
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Bank of Finland
2004–2018
Succeeded by