Anneli Jäätteenmäki
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Anneli Jäätteenmäki MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 20 July 2004 |
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| Constituency | Finland |
| 39th Prime Minister of Finland | |
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In office 17 April 2003 – 24 June 2003 |
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| President | Tarja Halonen |
| Deputy | Antti Kalliomäki |
| Preceded by | Paavo Lipponen |
| Succeeded by | Matti Vanhanen |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 1 May 1994 – 13 April 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Esko Aho |
| Preceded by | Hannele Pokka |
| Succeeded by | Sauli Niinistö |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
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In office 27 August 1979 – 20 July 2004 |
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| Constituency | Åland |
| Personal details | |
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Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki 11 February 1955 Lapua, Finland |
| Political party |
 FinnishCentre Party  EUAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Spouse(s) | Jorma Melleri |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Helsinki University |
| Religion | Church of Finland |
| Website | annelijäätteenmäki |
Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki (born 11 February 1955) is a Finnish politicial and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003.
Jäätteenmäki was born on a small farm in the forests of Ostrobothnia in Finland. Her brother was to take over the farm, so the daughters of the family went to school. Anneli became a member of the Centre Party and was active in student politics. She earned a master's degree in law in 1980 and worked as a lawyer for the party's parliamentary group from 1981 until 1987, when she was elected to the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta). Jäätteenmäki was Minister of Justice from 1994 to 1995, then her party became part of the opposition. She was elected as chairwoman of the Centre Party of Finland from 18 June 2000 to 5 October 2003, although the first year was as acting leader during Esko Aho's sabbatical leave to lecture at Harvard University.
After eight years in opposition, she led the Centre Party of Finland to a narrow victory over the formerly largest party, the Social Democratic Party of Finland, in the parliamentary elections of 2003. According to the new constitution, which was in effect for the first time after this election, she was thereby given the first opportunity to form a new Cabinet. After successful coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats and the Swedish People's Party, she came to head a coalition cabinet which chiefly continued on the lines of its predecessor, Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet, but introduced new measures to stimulate the economy, including tax cuts.
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