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Matti Taneli Vanhanen (pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈʋɑnhɑnen] ⓘ; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet was the 69th government of Finland. [1] The cabinet was in office from 24 July 2003 to 19 April 2007, and its prime minister was Matti Vanhanen . The government was composed of a coalition formed by the Centre Party , the Social Democratic Party , and the Swedish People's Party .
Matti Vanhanen (born 1955) 24 June 2003 22 June 2010 6 years, 364 days — Centre: 69. Vanhanen I KESK–SDP–RKP: 2007: 70. Vanhanen II KESK–KOK–RKP–VIHR: 41 Mari Kiviniemi (born 1968) 22 June 2010 22 June 2011 1 year, 1 day — Centre: 71. Kiviniemi KESK–KOK–RKP–VIHR: 42 Jyrki Katainen (born 1971) 22 June 2011 24 June 2014 3 ...
Incumbent Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, as party leader of the Centre Party, formed a new government with Centre Party, National Coalition, the Greens and Swedish People's Party. These parties have 125 seats out of 200 in the parliament.
The prime minister's salary is €12,173 per month. [1] In addition, the prime minister receives half of the parliamentary salary. The full parliamentary salary is, as of 1 May 2011, at least €6,335 a month, so the Finnish prime minister receives at least €14,842 per month in total. The salary is subject to income tax.
Matti Vanhanen was elected as the new party leader on 5 October, and he succeeded her as prime minister. The police investigation into the leak concluded, on 19 December 2003, that Jäätteenmäki should be prosecuted for aiding or abetting Manninen in revealing state secrets in contravention of the law.
The previous chairperson Mari Kiviniemi succeeded Matti Vanhanen as Prime Minister in 2010, serving in the office for one year. At the time, she was the Centre Party’s third Prime Minister of Finland in succession. Anneli Jäätteenmäki preceded Vanhanen, she was also the first woman to be Prime Minister of Finland. She did not seek another ...
Vapaavuori was Minister of Housing and Minister of Nordic Cooperation in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet and Mari Kiviniemi's cabinet. He was a candidate for the head of his party (the centre-right [ 1 ] National Coalition Party ) in the June 2014 election, and as part of that the likeliest interim Prime Minister of Finland.