Juha Sipilä
| Juha Sipilä | |
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| 65th Prime Minister of Finland | |
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Assumed office 29 May 2015 |
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| President | Sauli Niinistö |
| Deputy | Timo Soini |
| Preceded by | Alexander Stubb |
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| Born |
25 April 1961 Veteli, Finland |
| Political party | Centre Party |
| Spouse(s) | Minna-Maaria Juntunen |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Oulu |
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| Allegiance |
 Finland
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| Service/branch | Finnish Army |
| Rank |
 Captain
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Juha Petri Sipilä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjuhɑ ˈsipilæ]; born in Veteli, 25 April 1961) is the current Prime Minister of Finland. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He has been the leader of the Centre Party since 9 June 2012. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election, Sipilä formed a centre-right coalition and was appointed Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015.
Sipilä graduated from Puolanka lukio (Finland's university-preparatory high school), completing the matriculation examination with high marks in 1980. In 1986 Sipilä earned his Master's degree in engineering from the University of Oulu.
Sipilä has the rank of Captain in the reserves of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Sipilä's career started at Lauri Kuokkanen Ltd., first as a thesis worker and later as a product development manager. Changing jobs, he became a partner and later CEO at Solitra Oy. In 1998, Sipilä started his own business, Fortel Invest Oy. In 2002–2005 he worked as the CEO of Elektrobit Oyj, then returned to his own business.
Sipilä was managing director of Solitra in 1992 and became the main owner in 1994. Sipilä sold Solitra to American ADC Telecommunications in 1996, becoming a multimillionaire from the proceeds. Business ADC Mersum Oy was resold to Remec in 2001.
Income of Sipilä was the highest in Finland in year 1996. According to Ilta-Sanomat Sipilä has been in the Board of Directors in ca 120 companies.
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