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Olli Rehn, born Ilmari Rehn in Mikkeli, Finland, on March 31, 1962, is a Finnish politician and former association football player. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and has been educated at Macalester College, the University of Helsinki, and St Antony's College. Rehn is a member of the Centre Party and has served in various capacities, including as a Member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the European Parliament, and European Commissioner for Economic Affairs and for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy. He also served in the Government and Ministry of the Employment and Economy of Finland.
Rehn has worked in Strasbourg, Brussels, and Helsinki. He was a member of the sports team Mikkelin Palloilijat and represented Finland in association football. His published works include *Liike vai puolue?*, *Die Rettung des Euro*, *Myrskyn silmässä*, *Walking the Highwire*, and *Pieni valtio Euroopan unionissa*. He was a candidate in the 2024 Finnish presidential election.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Liike vai puolue?
- Die Rettung des Euro
- Myrskyn silmässä
- Walking the Highwire
- Pieni valtio Euroopan unionissa
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,574x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,261x
- Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain
· 1993 · cited 3,905x
- FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population
· 2023 · cited 3,757x
- Tissue microarrays for high-throughput molecular profiling of tumor specimens
· 1998 · cited 3,211x
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Quotes
- “It may be that even a calm, neutral Finn cannot always hide all his emotions and feelings.”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Erkki Liikanen
- Prime minister
- Juha Sipilä
- Succeeded by
- Mika Lintilä
- President
- José Manuel Barroso
- Constituency
- Helsinki (2015 – 2017)
- Born
- ( 1962-03-31 ) 31 March 1962 (age 64) , Mikkeli , Finland
- Party
- Centre Party
- Education
- Macalester College ( BA ) , University of Helsinki ( MA ) , St Antony's College, Oxford ( DPhil )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ilmari
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Mikkeli
- Educated at
- St Antony's College
- Political party
- Centre Party
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Mikkelin Palloilijat
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Official website
- ollirehn2024.fi
- Image
- Olli Rehn by Moritz Kosinsky 2.jpg
- Work location
- Strasbourg
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- Commons category
- Olli Rehn
- date of birth
- 1962-03-31
- name in native language
- Olli Rehn
- social media followers
- 22507
- P10632
- Olli Rehn
- affiliation string
- Ministry of the Employment and Economy of Finland
- candidacy in election
- 2024 Finnish presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview
Olli Ilmari Rehn ( pronounced [ˈolːi ˈreːn] ; born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014, and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016. Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024, but was not elected.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olli Rehn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.