Personal details 

Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori

 

Minister of Housing, 19 April 2007 to present , and

Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Nordic co-operation), 1 June 2007 to present

Master of Laws, Member of Parliament

National Coalition Party

Date and place of birth: 3 April 1965, Helsinki

Place of residence: Helsinki

 

National Coalition Party, Helsinki City Council Party Chair 2003-2005

National Coalition Party Helsinki, Vice Chair 2003-2005

 

Member of Parliament, 2003 to present

Speaker's Council, Member 2007

Constitutional Law Committee, Chair 2007

National Coalition Party parliamentary group, Vice Chair 2006-2007

Parliamentary Grand Committee, Member 2003-2007

Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council, Member 2003-2006

 

Track & Field Finland Oy, Managing Director 2001-2003

Special Adviser to Minister for Foreign Trade Kimmo Sasi 1999-2001

National Coalition Party, Secretary for International Affairs 1995-1999

Special Adviser to Minister of Justice Sauli Niinistö 1995

Special Adviser to Minister for Foreign Trade Pertti Salolainen 1993-1995

National Coalition Party parliamentary group, Communications Secretary 1992-1993

Institute of International Economic Law, Researcher 1991-1992

University of Helsinki, substitute Assistant in Comparative Law 1990-1991

 

Helsinki City Council, Member 1997 to present

Helsinki City Board, Chair 2005-2007

Helsinki City Board, Member 2001-2005

 

Foundation of the Finnish National Opera, 2007

Helsinki Metropolitan Area Advisory Board, Chair 2005-2007

Helsinki Region Cooperation Assembly, Chair 2005-2007

 

Spouse: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Outi Laitinen-Vapaavuori 2005 to present