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Matti Vanhanen
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Person

Matti Vanhanen

b. 1955

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

Born
4 Nov 1955 · Jyväskylä
Part ofFinland1510 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 82 years
  1. 4 Nov 1955BornBorn in Jyväskylä
  2. 1999AwardKnight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  3. 2003RoleMinister of Defence of Finland
  4. 2003 – 2010RolePrime Minister of Finland
  5. 2004AwardMedal for Military Merits
  6. 2004AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  7. 2007AwardOrder of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
  8. 2008AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  9. 2019RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
  10. 2019 – 2020RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  11. 2020 – 2021RoleMinister of Finance
  12. 2020RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Finland
  13. 2022 – 2023RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1955 – today).

  1. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  2. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  3. 1956Suez Crisis
  4. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  6. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  10. 1968Prague Spring
  11. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  12. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  13. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  16. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  17. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  18. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  19. 1985Schengen Agreement
  20. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  21. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  22. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  24. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  26. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  28. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  29. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  30. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  31. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  32. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  33. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  34. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  35. 20112011 Norway attacks
  36. 2011Libyan civil war
  37. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  38. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  39. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war

Biography

Matti Taneli Vanhanen (born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010 and then as the Speaker of Parliament from 2022 to 2023. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party from 2006 until 2010 and the party's presidential candidate in 2006 and 2018. Outside of that, he has served under multiple ministerial positions throughout his 27 years as a member of the Finnish parliament, with those being Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.

In his earlier career, he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.

Text from the Wikipedia article Matti Vanhanen, CC BY-SA 4.0

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