Anu Vehviläinen | |
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.jpg.webp) Vehviläinen in 2021 | |
| 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 Centre Party who served as Speaker of the Finnish Parliament from 2020 to 2022. She has previously held various cabinet positions, including Finland's 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 Leppävirta. She has a master's degree in Philosophy and is preparing a doctorate degree at the University of Joensuu.
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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