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Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and writer born in Pello in 1941. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and has held the positions of Prime Minister of Finland and Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. His professional work is based in Helsinki, and he speaks Finnish.
Lipponen was educated at Dartmouth College and the University of Helsinki. He has received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of Friendship, the Fulbright Scholarship, and the Order of Stara Planina. He has three children.
As an author, he has written four works, including *Muutoksen suunta*, *Muistelmat*, *Järki voittaa*, and *Baltic Sea region and the northern dimension*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Muutoksen suunta
- Muistelmat
- Järki voittaa
- Baltic Sea region and the northern dimension
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tapio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Pello
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
- Educated at
- Dartmouth College
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Image
- Paavo Lipponen 2004.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- Paavo Lipponen
- date of birth
- 1941-04-23
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- Paavo Lipponen
- name in native language
- Paavo Lipponen
- birth name
- Paavo Tapio Lipponen
- P10632
- Paavo Lipponen
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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
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