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Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Niinistö · Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Sauli Niinistö

b. 1948

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)

Born
24 Aug 1948 · Salo
Part ofFinland1510 – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 90 years
  1. 24 Aug 1948BornBorn in Salo
  2. 1974 – 1975RoleLensmann
  3. 1987 – 1999RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
  4. 1994 – 2001RoleChairperson of the National Coalition Party
  5. 1995 – 2001RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Finland
  6. 1995 – 1996RoleMinister of Justice of Finland
  7. 1996 – 1999RoleMinister of Finance
  8. 1996AwardCommander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  9. 1999 – 2003RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
  10. 1999 – 2003RoleMinister of Finance
  11. 2003AwardMedal for Military Merits
  12. 2005AwardCommander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
  13. 2007 – 2011RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
  14. 2007 – 2011RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  15. 2007AwardGrand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  16. 2008AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  17. 2009 – 2012RoleChairperson
  18. 2010AwardHonorary doctorate
  19. 2011AwardDoctor honoris causa of the University of Turku
  20. 2012AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty
  21. 2012AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  22. 2012AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  23. 2012 – 2024RolePresident of Finland
  24. 2012AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  25. 2012AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1948 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.

A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Party (NCP) from 1994 to 2001, Minister of Justice from 1995 to 1996, Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003, Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2001 and the NCP candidate in the 2006 presidential election. He served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2007 to 2011 and has been the honorary president of the European People's Party (EPP) since 2002.

Niinistö was the NCP candidate in the 2012 presidential election, defeating Pekka Haavisto of the Green League with 62.6% of the vote in the decisive second round. Niinistö assumed office on 1 March 2012; he is the first NCP president since Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who left office in 1956. In May 2017, Niinistö announced that he would seek reelection in the 2018 presidential election, running as an independent candidate. The NCP and Christian Democrats (KD) supported his candidacy. He won reelection in the first round on 28 January 2018 with 62.7% of the vote and his second term began on 1 February 2018.

In a 2023 poll conducted by MTV Uutiset, Niinistö was ranked as Finland's greatest president of all time.

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