Markku Markkula

Markku Antero Markkula (born July 15, 1950 in Kolari, Finland) is a Finnish politician and the President of the European Committee of the Regions. A member of Finland's Espoo City Council since 1980 - where he was President from 1990–1992 and again in 2010 - Markkula is a member of the Board of the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council and has been Chairman of the Espoo City Planning Board since 2004.

Markku Markkula graduated as a Master of Science in Technology in Industrial Business and Management in 1979 from the Helsinki University of Technology (later Aalto University of Technology). Previously he had been elected Vice-Chair of the student board in 1974 and Chair in 1975. He has also served on the Finnish Society as the Chairman of the Board of the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK (1993–2005).

Early political life 1975 - 1995 Markku Markkula is a member of the National Coalition Party in Finland having held political Chairmanships on different organisational levels throughout his career. He was elected Vice-Chair of the National Coalition Party’s Student Union in 1975 and Chair in 1976. Markkula has chaired the Espoo Regional Organisation in 1984-1988 and the Uusimaa District in 1990-1994. He was a member of the Board of the Party between 1976–1977 and 1989-1995.

Career in politics 1995 - 2003 A long-standing politician, Mr Markkula is a former member of the Finnish Parliament (1995–2003). During his time as a Finnish MP he served as a member of two permanent parliamentary committees: the Committee for Science, Education and Culture, and the Committee for the Future. During his term as an MP his international work included holding the Presidency of European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) Council.

He has been the member of several EU High Level Expert Groups, such as the EU Smart Specialisation Mirror Group and Chairman of the Continuing Education Working Group of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). He is one of the Ambassadors of the Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award.

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