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.
Pauli is a surname and also a Finnish masculine given name and may refer to:
Ilmajoki is a municipality of Finland. Ilmajoki is a town and municipality situated in Finland's South Ostrobothnia region, founded in 1865. Ilmajoki has a population of 12,165 and covers an area of 579.79 km2, of which 2.89 km2 is water. The population density is 20.2 inhabitants per square kilometre. Ilmajoki borders the municipalities of Isokyrö, Kurikka, Laihia and Seinäjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Peräseinäjoki is a former municipality of Finland.
Eliel is a Hebrew name. It can be translated to English as "My God is God".
Vahid is the Persian, Kurmanji Kurdish and Bosnian variant of the Arabic masculine given name Wahid, meaning "The One", "Unique". People named Vahid include:
Shakir is both a surname and a given name originating from Arabic, similar to the surname or name Shakur. The feminine form of Shakir is Shakira.
Yrjö, a masculine Finnish given name that is the equivalent of George, may refer to:
Leino is an Estonian masculine given name and a Finnish surname. Notable people with the name include:
Tiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name.
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include:
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from sepp meaning "smith".
Kaarina is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 25 November. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were 132,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.
Seppänen is a Finnish surname derived from the occupation of blacksmith ("seppä"). Notable people with the surname include:
Simonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kalli is a German and Old Norse masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Karl. Notable people with this name include the following:
Vieno Simonen was a Finnish politician and farmer. A member of the Agrarian League, she represented Kuopio East in the Parliament of Finland from 1948 to 1962. After serving in deputy ministerial positions in the Kekkonen IV, Törngren, and Fagerholm II cabinets, she was twice appointed as minister of social affairs by prime ministers V. J. Sukselainen and Martti Miettunen, and held the position from 1959 to 1962.
Vares is a surname. In the Estonian language and some dialects of Finnish the word literally means "raven". Notable people with the surname include:
Inkeri is a Finnish female given name and a surname. It is the Finnish equivalent of the given name Ingegerd. Notable people with the name are as follows:
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