Pekka Haavisto

Pekka Haavisto
Member o the Finnish Pairlament for Helsinki
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 Mairch 2007
In office 21 Mairch 1987 – 23 Mairch 1995
Meenister for Furrin Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 Juin 2019
Prime Meenister	Antti Rinne Sanna Marin
Precedit bi	Timo Soini
Meenister o the Environment
In office 13 Apryle 1995 – 15 Apryle 1999
Prime Meenister	Paavo Lipponen
Precedit bi	Sirpa Pietikäinen
Succeedit bi	Satu Hassi
Meenister for Internaitional Development
In office 11 October 2013 – 26 September 2014
Prime Meenister	Jyrki Katainen
Precedit bi	Heidi Hautala
Succeedit bi	Sirpa Paatero
Personal details
Born	(1958-03-23) 23 Mairch 1958 Helsinki, Finland
Naitionality	Finnish
Poleetical pairty	Green League
Residence	Helsinki
Wabsteid	www.pekkahaavisto.com

Pekka Haavisto (b. 23 March 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politeecian representin the Green League. He wis re-electit tae the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election o Mairch 2007 efter an absence o 12 years. He is an aw a member o the Helsinki Ceety Cooncil.

Haavisto wis a member o the Parliament o Finland frae 1987 tae 1995. He wis the chairperson o the Green League frae 1993 tae 1995. He servit as the Meenister o Environment in Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet atween 1995 an 1999. He wis the first European cabinet meenister representin a Green pairty.

Frae 1999 tae 2005 Haavisto wirkit in various tasks in the Unitit Naitions. He led the Unitit Naitions Environment Programme (UNEP) research groups in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberie, Palestine an Sudan. He an aw coordinatit the UN investigation in the effects o depletit uranium in Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbie an Bosnie an Herzegovinae. Haavisto an aw representit UNEP in the investigations in the Baia Mare minin accident in Romanie. In 2005 he wis appointit as the special representative o the European Union in Sudan whaur he pairticipatit in the Darfur peace talks. In 2007 an 2011 Haavisto wis re-electit tae the parliament frae the electoral destrict o Helsinki. In 2011 he was electit the Green League candidate for the Finnish presidential election o 2012.

Haavisto lives in a registered pairtnership wi Antonio Flores, who oreeginally comes frae Ecuador.

Freemit airtins

• Personal wabsteid

Pairty poleetical offices
Precedit bi Pekka Sauri	Chairperson o the Green League 1993–1995	Succeedit bi Tuija Brax