Anu Vehviläinen Explained

Anu Vehviläinen
Office1:Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
Term Start1:9 June 2020
Term End1:1 February 2022
Deputy1:Antti Rinne
Juho Eerola
Predecessor1:Matti Vanhanen
Successor1:Matti Vanhanen
Office2:Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms
Primeminister2:Juha Sipilä
Term Start2:29 May 2015
Term End2:6 June 2019
Predecessor2:Paula Risikko
Successor2:Sirpa Paatero
Office3:Minister of Transport and Communications
Primeminister3:Juha Sipilä
Term Start3:29 May 2019
Term End3:6 June 2019
Predecessor3:Anne Berner
Successor3:Sanna Marin
Primeminister4:Matti Vanhanen
Mari Kiviniemi
Term Start4:19 April 2007
Term End4:22 June 2011
Predecessor4:Susanna Huovinen
Successor4:Merja Kyllönen
Birth Name:Anu Helena Vehviläinen
Birth Date:9 September 1963
Birth Place:Leppävirta, Finland
Party:Centre
Spouse:Timo Hiltunen (1999–2011)

Anu Helena Vehviläinen (born 9 September 1963) is a Finnish politician for the Centre Party who served as Speaker of the Finnish Parliament from 2020 to 2022. She has previously held various cabinet positions, including Finland's Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the Sipilä Cabinet from 2015 to 2019;[1] Minister of Transport from May to June 2019;[2] and Minister of Transport in the Vanhanen II and Kiviniemi cabinets from 2007 to 2011.

Early life and education

Vehviläinen was born in Leppävirta. She has a master's degree in Philosophy and is preparing a doctorate degree at the University of Joensuu.

Political career

During his time in parliament, Vehviläinen served on the Committee on Education (1995–1999) and the Committee on Social Affairs and Health (2011–2015, 2019–2020), among others.[3]

From 2015 to 2019, Vehviläinen served as Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the cabinet of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.[4]

In 2020, Vehviläinen was appointed Speaker of the Finnish Parliament after Matti Vanhanen had been appointed Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.[5]

Other activities

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministers. Valtiovarainministeriö. en-US. 21 March 2018.
  2. News: Anne Berner vapautettiin ministeritehtävistään – tilalle ministeri Vehviläinen . Ilta-Sanomat . 30 May 2019 . fi . 29 May 2019.
  3. https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/508.aspx Anu Vehviläinen
  4. Web site: Sipilä's Government appointed . 29 May 2015 . valtioneuvosto.fi . the Finnish Government . 11 June 2016 . 29 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529174452/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/sipilan-hallitus-nimitettiin?_101_INSTANCE_3qmUeJgIxZEK_groupId=10616 . dead .
  5. Web site: Centre Party proposes Anu Vehviläinen as Speaker of Parliament . Yle . 8 June 2020 . 26 June 2020.
  6. https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/508.aspx Anu Vehviläinen
  7. Web site: Medaljregn inför självständighetsdagen – Sanna Marin, Pekka Haavisto och Björn Wahlroos får utmärkelser . 2023-01-12 . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv.