Tarja Halonen
Tarja Halonen | |
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11t Preses o Finland | |
In office 1 Mairch 2000 – 1 Mairch 2012 | |
Prime Meenister | Paavo Lipponen Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi Jyrki Katainen |
Precedit bi | Martti Ahtisaari |
Succeedit bi | Sauli Niinistö |
Meenister o Foreign Affairs | |
In office 13 Aprile 1995 – 25 Februar 2000 | |
Prime Meenister | Paavo Lipponen |
Precedit bi | Paavo Rantanen |
Succeedit bi | Erkki Tuomioja |
Meenister o Juistice | |
In office 28 Februar 1990 – 26 Aprile 1991 | |
Prime Meenister | Harri Holkeri |
Precedit bi | Matti Louekoski |
Succeedit bi | Hannele Pokka |
Memmer o Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
In office 24 Mairch 1979 – 29 Februar 2000 | |
Succeedit bi | Ilkka Taipale[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Tarja Kaarina Halonen 24 December 1943 Helsinki, Finland |
Poleetical pairty | Social Democratic Pairty |
Spoose(s) | Pentti Arajärvi (2000–present) |
Bairns | Anna |
Alma mater | University o Helsinki |
Profession | Lawyer |
Signatur | |
Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid |
Tarja Kaarina Halonen ([tɑrjɑ kɑːrinɑ hɑlonen] ( listen); born 24 December 1943) wis the 11t Preses o Finland, servin frae 2000 tae 2012. The first female tae hauld the office, Halonen haed previously been a member o the parliament frae 1979 tae 2000 when she resigned efter her election tae the presidency. In addition tae her poleetical career she haed a lang an extensive career in trade unions an different nan-govrenmental organisations.
Halonen is a graduate o the University o Helsinki, where she studied law frae 1963 tae 1968. She wis active in student politics an served as the Social Affairs Secretary an Organization Secretary o the Naitional Union o Students frae 1969 tae 1970. In 1971 she joined the Social Democratic Pairty an wirked as a lawyer in the Central Organisation o Finnish Trade Unions till she wis electit tae parliament in 1979.
Halonen servit in the parliament o Finland for sax terms, frae 1979 tae 2000, representin the constituency o Helsinki. She an aa haed a lang career in the ceety cooncil o Helsinki, servin there frae 1977 tae 1996. She stairtit her campaign for the presidency at the beginnin o 1999 efter Preses Martti Ahtisaari announced that he wad no staund for a seicont term in the office. She easily wan her pairty's nomination, an eventually got 40% o the votes in the first roond o the presidential elections, an 51.6% in the seicont, thus defeatin the Centre Pairty's Esko Aho an becomin the 11t preses o Finland.
Durin the time o her presidency she haes been extremely popular amang Finns: her appruival ratins rose an reached a peak o 88% in December 2003. Even though her ratins wur so guid, she wis no re-electit in the first roond in the next presidential elections in 2006. She beat Naitional Coalition Pairty candidate Sauli Niinistö in the seicont roond bi 51.8% against 48.2%. Ineligible tae run in the 2012 presidential elections due tae term limits, Halonen left office on 1 Mairch 2012.
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