Erkki Tuomioja
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Erkki Tuomioja | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs[1] | |
In office 22 June 2011 – 29 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
Preceded by | Alexander Stubb |
Succeeded by | Timo Soini |
In office 25 February 2000 – 19 April 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
Preceded by | Tarja Halonen |
Succeeded by | Ilkka Kanerva |
Minister of Trade and Industry | |
In office 15 April 1999 – 25 February 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen |
Preceded by | Antti Kalliomäki |
Succeeded by | Sinikka Mönkäre |
President of the Nordic Council | |
In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008 | |
Preceded by | Dagfinn Høybråten |
Succeeded by | Sinikka Bohlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Erkki Sakari Tuomioja 1 July 1946 Helsinki, Finland |
Political party | Social Democratic |
Spouse |
Marja Helena Rajala (m. 1978) |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Website | tuomioja |
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja (born 1 July 1946) is a Finnish politician and has previously been a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign affairs. He was president of the Nordic Council in 2008.[2]
Tuomioja is a member of the
Biography
Tuomioja comes from a family of politicians. His father
Tuomioja holds the degrees of Master of Social Sciences (1971) and Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (1974) from the
Tuomioja has been a member of the Finnish Parliament 1970–1979 and 1991–present. He held the position of minister of trade and industry in Lipponen's 2nd government,[6] and became the minister of foreign affairs after Tarja Halonen was elected as president of Finland.[7] Tuomioja is the longest serving minister for foreign affairs of Finland.
Tuomioja, like several other Finnish socialist politicians of today, took part in the illegal occupation of the Old Student House (Vanha ylioppilastalo) in Helsinki on 25 November 1968. He was a member of the anti-war group Committee of 100 of Finland and took part in the so-called Erik Schüller case, in which a group of students made public incitement against obligatory conscription. Despite his anti-war stance, Tuomioja did carry out his own mandatory military service and is a reservist staff sergeant.[5]
Tuomioja is the author of several books. His A Delicate Shade of Pink about his grandmother
Tuomioja was behind the initiative to establish
European Union presidency
When Finland held the rotating
See also
- Israel–Finland relations
References
- ^ "Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland – Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Nordisk Råds tidligere præsidenter – Nordisk samarbeid" (in Norwegian). Norden. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Tuomiojalla ja Halosella suhde – 25 vuotta sitten". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 October 2000. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-951-31-3693-2.
- ^ a b "Tuomioja.org, henkilötiedot". Erkki Tuomioja. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Finnish Government – Ministers of Trade and Industry". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Eduskunta – kansanedustajat". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ISBN 978-91-7106-431-8.
- ^ "Erkki Tuomioja". Historians without Borders. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Tuomas Manninen (4 January 2008). "Ateisti Erkki Tuomioja: Teologit ulos yliopistosta! - Ilta-Sanomat". Iltasanomat. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- YnetNews. 10 August 2006.