| Matti Ahde | |
| Office: | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland |
| Term Start: | 8 May 1987 |
| Term End: | 1 February 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Ilkka Suominen |
| Successor: | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Office2: | Minister of the Interior[1] |
| Primeminister2: | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Term Start2: | 19 February 1982 |
| Term End2: | 30 September 1983 |
| Predecessor2: | Eino Uusitalo |
| Successor2: | Matti Luttinen |
| Office3: | Minister of Environment |
| Primeminister3: | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Term Start3: | 1 October 1983 |
| Term End3: | 30 April 1987 |
| Successor3: | Kaj Bärlund |
| Office4: | Member of the Parliament of Finland |
| Term Start4: | 16 March 1970 |
| Term End4: | 1990 |
| Term Start5: | 16 March 2003 |
| Term End5: | 17 April 2011 |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Oulu, Finland |
| Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality: | Finnish |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse: | Hilkka Ahde |
Matti Allan Ahde (23 December 1945 – 20 December 2019) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party.
Ahde was born in Oulu. He was a member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of the state monopoly Veikkaus. Ahde held minister posts in Sorsa's cabinets 1982–1987 and was elected Speaker of the Parliament in 1987.[2] He was replaced as the speaker by Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped down from Holkeri's cabinet to make the position available for party chairman Pertti Paasio.
Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.
On 20 December 2019, Ahde died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Helsinki, Finland.[3] [4]