Biography
Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was born on 25 March 1944 in Vihti,Finland. [2] She completed the matriculation exam in 1966 and attended the University of Tampere,receiving the Master of Arts degree in 1972. After graduating,Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen taught history and social studies at the Kiljava Institute [ fi ],where she was a deputy principal from 1973 to 1975. [2] [1] She was a member of the Ylöjärvi town council in 1973. [1] From 1975 to 1979,she worked at the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions as researcher and secretary of the organization's history committee. [2] [1] She was elected to the city council of Vantaa in 1977,a position that she held until 1989. [1]
Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland from 24 March 1979 to 30 April 1989. [1] A member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland,she sat on the Education Committee from 1979 to 1986 and the Finance Committee from 1987 to 1989. [1] She has been described as being part of the SDP's left wing. [3] In 1986,after minister of education Kaarina Suonio resigned to become the deputy mayor of Tampere,Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was appointed by prime minister Kalevi Sorsa to fill the vacancy. [2] She was the education minister in Sorsa's fourth cabinet from 1 January 1986 to 30 April 1987,and focused on vocational schools during her time as minister. [2] [4] Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was the Second Deputy Chair of the SDP between 1987 and 1990. [1]
In 1989,Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen left Parliament to become the mayor of Vantaa. [2] When the province of Eastern Finland was formed in 1997,she became its first and only governor until Finland's provinces were abolished in January 2010. [5] [6] [7]
Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen's first husband died of cancer in 1996. They had been married for 32 years. [8] In 2001,she married Kajaani mayor Pentti Hakulinen at Mikkeli Cathedral. [9] In 2012,she returned to the Vantaa city council. [2]
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