Pertti Salolainen
Pertti Edvard Salolainen
Salolainen worked before the MP career in Finnish Broadcasting Company between 1962–1969 as a journalist and producer. Between 1996 and 2004, he was the Finnish Ambassador in London.[2]
Career
Salolainen was born on 19 October 1940 in Helsinki during the Interim Peace period to the family of sergeant Edvard Salolainen and the shopkeeper Ella Salolainen (née Lundqvist).
He graduated as
Salolainen began his career as a
Politics
Salolainen was elected to the
Salolainen served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Holkeri Government, and Minister of Trade and Industry (Foreign Trade Minister) in 1987–1991.[3]
He was a questioned publicity in 1989, being visiting China as the first Western official guest after the
Salolainen continued as Foreign Trade Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland between 1991 and 1995 in the Aho Government[3] In the early 1990s, he was responsible for the Finnish membership negotiations in the European Union.[6]
Salolainen was Chairman of the European Economic Area's negotiating delegation from 1990 to 1993 and chairman of the Finnish EU negotiating delegation and negotiating minister 1993–1995.[2]
Salolainen has later told that he and other ministers had gotten death treats at the time, when Finland negotiated the membership in the EU. He has told later that he was under the protection of
In 1991 Salolainen was elected as the Chairman of the National Coalition Party after Ilkka Suominen. He was in charged until 1994 when he was succeeded by Sauli Niinistö. Salolainen left the Parliament in October 1996 after he was appointed as the Finland's Ambassador to London. He Ambassador under 2004. He was replaced in Parliament by Pirjo-Riitta Antvuori.[2]
Return to politics in 2004
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, Salolainen became a candidate, by the wish from party's chairman Jyrki Katainen, from Helsinki, even though he had already refused the candidacy
He returned to the Parliament from Helsinki as National Coalition Party's candidate with the fourth highest number of votes (8,621 votes)[7][8] In his previous election, Salolainen had been the highest vote getter.
In the 2011 parliamentary elections, Salolainen was elected for a further term of 6, 205 votes [9]
Confessions
Salolainen has long been involved in the WWF. He served as the Supervisory Board of the WWF's Finnish Fund and the Vice-Chairman of the Fund from 1972 to 1989.[2][10]
In the
Allegation of anti-Semitism
In 2012, Salolainen said on a television program that the United States cannot take a neutral stance on the
References
- ^ a b "Pertti Salolaiselle Britannian korkea arvonimi". Verkkouutiset. 24 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Pertti Salolainen Parliament of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Ministerin tiedot: Salolainen, Pertti Edvard". Valtioneuvosto.
- ^ Suokas, Janne. "Suomi ja Kiina – 60 vuotta kumppanuutta". GBTimes.
- ^ Liukkonen, Mauri (8 June 2014). "Pallo omassa nilkassa". Savon Sanomat.
- ^ a b Tanner, Matti. "EU-jäsenyydestä neuvotellut Salolainen: Sain tappouhkauksia". Iltalehti. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011.
- ^ Anttila, Timo J. "Pertti Salolainen sittenkin vaaleihin". Ilta Sanomat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ "Eduskuntavaalit 18.3.2007: Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Oikeusministeriö.
- ^ "Eduskuntavaalit 17.4.20011: Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Oikeusministeriö.
- ^ a b "Curriculum". Pertti Salolainen.
- ^ Suomalaispoliitikon kommentti suututti juutalaiset Iltalehti on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2016.