Personal details

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen

 

Prime Minister, 24 June 2003 to present

Party Leader, Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament

Centre Party

Date and place of birth: 4 November 1955, Jyväskylä, Finland

Place of Residence: Nurmijärvi

 

Minister of Defence, 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003

 

Centre Party, Member of the party's Board of Directors 1980-1983, Deputy Party Leader 2000-2003, Party Leader 2003 to present

Centre Party, Party Delegation, Member and Deputy Member 1976-2000

 

Member of Parliament, 1991 to present

Parliamentary Grand Committee, Chair 2000-2001

Centre Party parliamentary group, Vice Chair 1994-2001

Parliamentary Environment Committee, Vice Chair 1991-1995

European Convention on the Future of the European Union, Representative of Parliament 2002-2003

 

Centre Party Youth League, Chair 1980-1983

Local newspaper Kehäsanomat, Journalist 1985-1988, Editor-in-Chief 1988-1991

 

Nurmijärvi Municipal Council, Member 1989 to present

Uusimaa Regional Council, Board Member 1997-2000

Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV), Board Member 1983-1984

Espoo City Council, Member 1981-1984

 

Helsingin Osuuskauppa (Co-operative), Member of the Supervisory Board 2002-2003

Housing Foundation for the Young, Vice Chair 1981-1997, Chair 1998-2003

Union for Rural Education, Chair 1998-2003

Pro Medi-Heli Association, Vice Chair 1995-2003

Neste Corporation and Fortum, Member of the Supervisory Board 1991-2003

Housing Council, Vice Chair 1991-2003

State Youth Council, Chair 1987-1990

 

 

Children: Annastiina (1991), Juhana (1994)