Biography tarja halonen

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    The President of the Republic of Finland: Curriculum vitae: Biography

    Tarja Halonen is the 11th President of the Republic of Finland and Finland's first female head of state. She acceded office on 1 of March 2000, and was re-elected 2006.

    Tarja Halonen was born in Helsinki at the Christmas Eve in 1943. She graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1968 and has a Master of Laws grad. Her professional career started in the national Union of Finnish Students, where she worked as the Social Affairs Secretary in 1969-70. She started as a lawyer in the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions in 1970 and held this position throughout her political career.

    Tarja Halonen joined the Social Democratic party in 1971. Her political career began in 1974 when she was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister. Tarja Halonen was elected to the Parliament for the first time in 1979, and after that she was re-elected four times, until she assumed the office of the Presid

  • biography tarja halonen

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    The President of the Republic of Finland: Curriculum vitae

    President of the Republic of Finland 1.3.2000 -

    Born December 24, 1943
    Married, one daughter, born 1978

    Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 1968

    Member of the Finnish Social Democratic Party 1971-2000  

    Minister for Foreign Affairs 1995-2000
    Minister of Justice 1990-1991
    Minister for Nordic Cooperation 1989-1991
    Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 1987-1990

    Member of Parliament 1979 - 2000
    Chairman of the Parliamentary Grand Committee 1995 – 1995
    Chairman of the Parliamentary Law Committee 1991 – 1994
    Chairman of the Parliamentary Social Affairs Committee 1984 – 1986 

    Member of the Helsinki City Council 1977-1996

    Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary 1974-1975
    Lawyer with the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions SAK 1970-1974 and 1975-1979
    Social Affairs Secretary and General Secretary of the National Union of Finnish Students 1969-1970

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    Halonen, H.E. Tarja

    H.E. Tarja Halonen is former President of Finland (2000 – 2012) and a globally recognized leader in sustainable development, human rights, social justice and equality.

    Her political career in Finland spans over four decades. She was elected to Parliament in 1979 and was reelected four times before taking office as President. She has also held several cabinet positions including Minister for Foreign Affairs. During her Presidency she served as co-chair of the United Nations Millennium Summit and co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.

    Halonen continues to work closely with the UN and other international organizations and networks. Among other positions she is currently the Co-Chair of the High-Level Task Force for ICPD, an alternate Co-Chair of the High-Level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child, a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a member of the Board of Directors of the Thomson Reuters Founders Share Comp