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Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen

Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.03.1991–19.09.2010, 22.04.2015–

Telephone:
09 432 3188
E-mail:
matti.vanhanen(at)parliament.fi
Electoral district:
Electoral District of Uusimaa 22.04.2015–
Present memberships in committees:
Grand Committee (deputy member) 02.05.2019–
Finance Committee (member) 02.05.2019–
Environment Committee (deputy member) 02.05.2019–
Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 09.06.2015–, (Chair) 11.06.2015–
Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (vice chair) 29.09.2016–31.05.2019
Member of the Government:
  • Prime Minister (Vanhanen) 24.06.2003–18.04.2007
  • Prime Minister (Vanhanen II) 19.04.2007–21.06.2010
  • Minister of Defence (Jäätteenmäki) 17.04.2003–23.06.2003

Earlier memberships and positions held at parliament

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Uusimaa constituency 22.03.1991 - 23.03.1999
    • Electoral District of Uusimaa 24.03.1999 - 19.09.2010
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 07.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Grand Committee (member) 11.04.1991–18.03.2003, (Chair) 21.06.2000–05.09.2001, (deputy member) 02.04.2003–16.04.2003
    • Committee for Labour Affairs (deputy member) 11.04.1991–23.03.1995, (deputy member) 02.06.1995–23.03.1999
    • Environment Committee (member) 11.04.1991–23.03.1995, (vice chair) 11.04.1991–04.04.1995, (deputy member) 05.04.1995–18.03.2003
    • Committee for the Future (member) 29.10.1993–23.03.1995, (deputy member) 02.04.2003–16.04.2003 (Committee for the Future) –23.03.1995
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) 05.04.1995–16.05.1995, (member) 29.06.2010–19.09.2010, (member) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019, (Chair) 07.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Constitutional Law Committee (deputy member) 19.05.1995–02.06.1995
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 02.04.2003–16.04.2003, (deputy member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (deputy member) 13.06.2018–26.02.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (deputy member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 11.04.1991–14.05.1991, (member) 14.03.2018–16.04.2019
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 05.04.1995–25.04.1995
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Bank of Finland, limited (1st deputy member) 05.04.1995–25.04.1995
    • Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (deputy member) 10.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Joint Commission of the European Parliament and the Finnish Parliament (deputy member) 01.01.1993–20.12.1993, (member) 21.12.1993–31.12.1994
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 07.09.2016–16.04.2019
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • Finnish Centre Party 22.03.1991–19.09.2010
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Finnish Centre Party (vice chair) 19.04.1994–25.01.2001
    • Centre Party Parliamentary Group (chair) 02.06.2015–20.06.2016

CV

  • Full name:
    • Vanhanen, Matti Taneli
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 04.11.1955 Jyväskylä
  • Present place of residence:
    • Nurmijärvi