Cabinet committees and ministerial working groups of Vanhanen's second Cabinet

 

Statutory cabinet committees

 

Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, chairman
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Immigration and European Affairs Astrid Thors
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Cabinet Committee on European Union Affairs

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, chairman
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen
Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sirkka-Liisa Anttila
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund
Minister of Immigration and European Affairs Astrid Thors

 

Cabinet Finance Committee

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, chairman
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori

 

Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, chairman
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Ministerial working groups

 

Ministerial working group on public administration and regional development

Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi, chairperson
Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

 

Ministerial working group for the Government foresight report

Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki, chairperson
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen
Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Ministerial working group on climate and energy policy

Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen, chairperson
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sirkka-Liisa Anttila
Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Ministerial working group on educational policy

Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa, chairperson
Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén
Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko

Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen

 

Ministerial working group on socio-political issues

Minister of Social Affairs and Health Liisa Hyssälä, chairperson
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Ministerial working group on social services

Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen, chairperson
Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Liisa Hyssälä
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen

Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa

 

Ministerial working group on transport and communications policy

Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen/Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén, chairpersons
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

 

Ministerial working group on better regulation

Minister of Justice Tuija Brax, chairperson
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors

 

Ministerial working group on immigration policy

Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors, chairperson
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa
Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko
Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

Ministerial working group on internal security

Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund, chairperson

Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

Minister of Immigration and European Affairs Astrid Thors

Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies

Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen

Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko

 

Ministerial groups for the Government policy programmes

 

The Work, Entrepreneurship and Worklife Policy Programme

Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen, chairperson
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Liisa Hyssälä
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa
Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors
Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg

 

The Health Promotion Policy Programme

Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko, chairperson
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Liisa Hyssälä
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sirkka-Liisa Anttila
Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

 

The Policy Programme on the Well-being of Children, Youth and Families

Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin, chairperson
Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa
Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén
Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax