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Matti Vanhanen

Native name: Matti Vanhanen

Also known as: Matti Taneli Vanhanen

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Place of birth:

Jyväskylä Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1955-11-04 • Birth Sign: Scorpio

Citizenship:

Finland

Short Bio:

Matti Taneli Vanhanen (born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010 and then as the Speaker of Parliament from 2022 to 2023. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party from 2006 until 2010 and the party's presidential candidate in 2006 and 2018. Outside of that, he has served under multiple ministerial positions throughout his 27 years as a member of the Finnish parliament, with those being Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.

In his earlier career, he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.

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Politics and public service Journalism and media politician blogger journalist head of government Jyväskylä Finland