Anu Vehviläinen

Anu Helena Vehviläinen (born 9 September 1963) is a Finnish politician for the Centre Party who served as Speaker of the Finnish Parliament from 2020 to 2022. She has previously held various cabinet positions, including Finland's Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the Sipilä Cabinet from 2015 to 2019;[1] Minister of Transport from May to June 2019;[2] and Minister of Transport in the Vanhanen II and Kiviniemi cabinets from 2007 to 2011.

Anu Vehviläinen
Vehviläinen in 2021
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
In office
9 June 2020 – 1 February 2022
DeputyAntti Rinne
Juho Eerola
Preceded byMatti Vanhanen
Succeeded byMatti Vanhanen
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms
In office
29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byPaula Risikko
Succeeded bySirpa Paatero
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
29 May 2019 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byAnne Berner
Succeeded bySanna Marin
In office
19 April 2007 – 22 June 2011
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Mari Kiviniemi
Preceded bySusanna Huovinen
Succeeded byMerja Kyllönen
Personal details
Born
Anu Helena Vehviläinen

(1963-09-09) 9 September 1963
Leppävirta, Finland
Political partyCentre
SpouseTimo Hiltunen (1999–2011)

Early life and education

Vehviläinen was born in Leppävirta. She has a master's degree in Philosophy and is preparing a doctorate degree at the University of Joensuu.

Political career

During his time in parliament, Vehviläinen served on the Committee on Education (1995–1999) and the Committee on Social Affairs and Health (2011–2015, 2019–2020), among others.[3]

From 2015 to 2019, Vehviläinen served as Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the cabinet of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.[4]

In 2020, Vehviläinen was appointed Speaker of the Finnish Parliament after Matti Vanhanen had been appointed Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.[5]

Other activities

Honors

References
  1. "Ministers". Valtiovarainministeriö. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "Anne Berner vapautettiin ministeritehtävistään – tilalle ministeri Vehviläinen" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. Anu Vehviläinen Parliament of Finland.
  4. "Sipilä's Government appointed". valtioneuvosto.fi. the Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. "Centre Party proposes Anu Vehviläinen as Speaker of Parliament". Yle. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. Anu Vehviläinen Parliament of Finland.
  7. "Medaljregn inför självständighetsdagen – Sanna Marin, Pekka Haavisto och Björn Wahlroos får utmärkelser". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2023.


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