Pekka Haavisto
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Pekka Olavi Haavisto (born 23 March 1958) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023.
Pekka Haavisto | |
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Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
Assumed office 21 March 2007 | |
In office 21 March 1987 – 23 March 1995 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 6 June 2019 – 20 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Antti Rinne Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Timo Soini |
Succeeded by | Elina Valtonen |
Minister of the Environment | |
In office 13 April 1995 – 15 April 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen |
Preceded by | Sirpa Pietikäinen |
Succeeded by | Satu Hassi |
Minister for International Development | |
In office 11 October 2013 – 26 September 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
Preceded by | Heidi Hautala |
Succeeded by | Sirpa Paatero |
Personal details | |
Born | Pekka Olavi Haavisto (1958-03-23) 23 March 1958 (age 66) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland |
Political party | Green League |
Domestic partner | Nexar Antonio Flores (2002–present) |
Residence | Helsinki |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Haavisto returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of March 2007 after an absence of 12 years and was re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Between April 1995 and April 1999 he was the Minister of Environment in the Lipponen I Cabinet. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Minister for International Development after Heidi Hautala resigned from the job. He has also been a member of the Helsinki City Council.
Haavisto finished second in the Finnish presidential elections in 2012, 2018 and 2024; twice to Sauli Niinistö and finally to Alexander Stubb. Haavisto became the first openly gay candidate to run for the presidency of Finland.