Erkki Liikanen
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Erkki Antero Liikanen (born 19 September 1950) is a Finnish social democratic politician and a former Governor of the Bank of Finland.[1][2]
This article is about Finnish politician. For the Finnish musician and entertainer, see Erkki Liikanen (musician).
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Erkki Liikanen | |
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Governor of Bank of Finland | |
In office 12 July 2004 – 12 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Matti Vanhala |
Succeeded by | Olli Rehn |
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
In office 17 September 1999 – 11 July 2004 | |
President | Romano Prodi |
Preceded by | Martin Bangemann (Industrial Affairs, Information and Telecommunications Technologies) |
Succeeded by | Olli Rehn |
European Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and Administration | |
In office 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999 | |
President | Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting) |
Preceded by | Peter Schmidhuber (Budget and Financial Control) |
Succeeded by | Michaele Schreyer (Budget) Neil Kinnock (Administrative Reform) |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 30 April 1987 – 28 February 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Harri Holkeri |
Preceded by | Esko Ollila |
Succeeded by | Matti Louekoski |
Member of Parliament from Mikkeli | |
In office 22 January 1972 – 31 August 1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Erkki Antero Liikanen (1950-09-19) 19 September 1950 (age 73) Mikkeli, Finland |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse |
Hanna-Liisa Issakainen
(m. 1971) |
Education | University of Helsinki |
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