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Paavo Tapio Lipponen (pronounced [ˈpɑːʋo ˈlipːonen] ⓘ; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. [1] He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, [ 2 ] and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005.
The first cabinet of Paavo Lipponen was the 66th government of Finland, which existed from 13 April 1995 to 15 April 1999. [1] The cabinet's Prime Minister was Paavo Lipponen . It was a majority government, and one of the longest-running governments in Finnish history.
Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet was the 67th government of Finland.The cabinet was in office from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003. It was a center-left majority government, despite the center-right National Coalition Party's inclusion in the cabinet.
The longest lasting have been the two cabinets of prime minister Paavo Lipponen (Lipponen I and Lipponen II), both lasting the entire parliamentary term, or 1,464 days. Celebratory lunch of Finland´s Prime Ministers on 27 September 2022
Paavo Lipponen (born 1941) 13 April 1995 17 April 2003 8 years, 5 days 1995: Social Democratic: 66. Lipponen I SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHR: 1999: 67. Lipponen II SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHR: Tarja Halonen (2000–2012) 39 Anneli Jäätteenmäki (born 1955) 17 April 2003 24 June 2003 69 days 2003: Centre: 68. Jäätteenmäki KESK–SDP–RKP ...
The SDP rose to government from the opposition and leader Paavo Lipponen headed two consecutive cabinets from 1995 to 2003. During this time, the party adopted a pro-European stance and contributed actively to the Finnish membership in the European Union in 1995 in concert with the cabinet.
Heinäluoma was elected chairman in June 2005, succeeding former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen. He was the Minister of Finance of Finland from 2005 to 2007. [3] Heinäluoma held various posts in the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) from 1983 to 2003. He was a director in SAK from 2000 to 2003.
He served as the justice minister between 2 February 1996 and 12 March 1998 in the first cabinet of Paavo Lipponen. [3] Häkämies was elected as mayor of Kuopio in 1998 and held the post until 2001. [3] He was appointed minister of interior to the second cabinet of Lipponen on 15 April 1999.