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Also known as Paavo Tapio Lipponen

Finnish politician

OverviewAI-generated

Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and writer born on April 23, 1941, in Pello. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, he has served as Prime Minister of Finland and Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. Lipponen is a citizen of Finland and speaks Finnish as his native language. He received his education at Dartmouth College and the University of Helsinki.

In his professional career, Lipponen has worked in Helsinki. He has been recognized with several awards, including the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of Friendship, the Fulbright Scholarship, and the Order of Stara Planina. As an author, he has published works such as *Muutoksen suunta*, *Muistelmat*, *Järki voittaa*, and *Baltic Sea region and the northern dimension*. He has three children.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Muutoksen suunta
  • Muistelmat
  • Järki voittaa
  • Baltic Sea region and the northern dimension

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Finland
Active from
1985
Active to
1987

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
14

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paavo+Lipponen">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Paavo Lipponen

Key facts

President
Martti Ahtisaari , Tarja Halonen
Deputy
Sauli Niinistö , Ville Itälä
Preceded by
Esko Aho
Succeeded by
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Born
Paavo Tapio Lipponen , ( 1941-04-23 ) 23 April 1941 (age 85) , Turtola , Finland
Party
Social Democratic
Spouse
Päivi Lipponen (née Hiltunen)
Alma mater
Dartmouth College , University of Helsinki
Allegiance
Finland
Branch service
Finnish Army
Rank
Staff sergeant

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Tapio
Gender
male
Citizenship
Finland
Place of birth
Pello
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Finnish
Native language
Finnish
Image
Paavo Lipponen 2004.jpg
Number of children
3
Work location
Helsinki
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Commons category
Paavo Lipponen
date of birth
1941-04-23
Commons gallery
Paavo Lipponen
name in native language
Paavo Lipponen
birth name
Paavo Tapio Lipponen
Sources (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

Paavo Tapio Lipponen (born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party had ever received in Finnish presidential elections at the time. Lipponen is currently the oldest living former prime minister of Finland.

Career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paavo Lipponen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.