Anu Vehviläinen
Anu Vehviläinen | |
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Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | |
In office 9 June 2020 – 1 February 2022 | |
Deputy | Antti Rinne Juho Eerola |
Preceded by | Matti Vanhanen |
Succeeded by | Matti Vanhanen |
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms | |
In office 29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
Preceded by | Paula Risikko |
Succeeded by | Sirpa Paatero |
Minister of Transport and Communications | |
In office 29 May 2019 – 6 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
Preceded by | Anne Berner |
Succeeded by | Sanna Marin |
In office 19 April 2007 – 22 June 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi |
Preceded by | Susanna Huovinen |
Succeeded by | Merja Kyllönen |
Personal details | |
Born | Anu Helena Vehviläinen 9 September 1963 Leppävirta, Finland |
Political party | Centre |
Spouse | Timo Hiltunen (1999–2011) |
Anu Helena Vehviläinen (born 9 September 1963) is a Finnish politician for the
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the Sipilä Cabinet from 2015 to 2019;[1] Minister of Transport from May to June 2019;[2] and Minister of Transport in the Vanhanen II and Kiviniemi
cabinets from 2007 to 2011.
Early life and education
Vehviläinen was born in
University of Joensuu.[citation needed
]
Political career
During his time in parliament, Vehviläinen served on the Committee on Education (1995–1999) and the Committee on Social Affairs and Health (2011–2015, 2019–2020), among others.[3]
From 2015 to 2019, Vehviläinen served as Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the cabinet of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.[4]
In 2020, Vehviläinen was appointed Speaker of the Finnish Parliament after Matti Vanhanen had been appointed Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.[5]
Other activities
- Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA), Member of the Board (since 2020)[6]
Honors
- Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 2022)[7]
References
- ^ "Ministers". Valtiovarainministeriö. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Anne Berner vapautettiin ministeritehtävistään – tilalle ministeri Vehviläinen" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Anu Vehviläinen Parliament of Finland.
- ^ "Sipilä's Government appointed". valtioneuvosto.fi. the Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Centre Party proposes Anu Vehviläinen as Speaker of Parliament". Yle. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Anu Vehviläinen Parliament of Finland.
- ^ "Medaljregn inför självständighetsdagen – Sanna Marin, Pekka Haavisto och Björn Wahlroos får utmärkelser". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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