Kalevi Kivistö | |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Education of Finland |
Term Start: | 30 November 1975 |
Term End: | 29 September 1976 |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Education of Finland |
Term Start1: | 15 May 1977 |
Term End1: | 19 February 1982 |
Office2: | Minister of Education of Finland |
Term Start2: | 19 February 1982 |
Term End2: | 31 December 1982 |
Office5: | Member of the Parliament of Finland |
Term Start5: | 22 January 1972 |
Term End5: | 31 December 1984 |
Birth Name: | Kalevi Johannes Kivistö |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1941 |
Birth Place: | Kurikka, Finland |
Kalevi Johannes Kivistö (born 25 March 1941) is a Finnish politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) 1972–1984, the Deputy Minister of Education 1975–1976 and 1977–1982, and the Minister of Education 1982. Kivistö was also the chairman of the SKDL 1979–1985 and the Governor of Central Finland Province 1985–1997. He ran for the President of Finland in the 1982 and 1988 elections.[1]
Kivistö graduated as a teacher from the University of Jyväskylä in 1966 and studied social science in the University of Helsinki graduating in 1969. In 1964–1984, Kivistö was a teacher and professor in the University of Jyväskylä. After his governor's term, Kivistö worked in the Ministry of Education 1997–2004.[1]
As the SKDL was dissolved in 1990, Kivistö joined its successor Left Alliance. He was a member of the Espoo City Council 2008–2017.[1]