Mauri Pekkarinen
| Mauri Pekkarinen | |
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Mauri Pekkarinen in 2010.
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| Minister of Economic Affairs | |
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In office 1 January 2008 – 22 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi |
| Succeeded by | Jyri Häkämies |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | |
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In office 17 April 2003 – 31 December 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Sinikka Mönkäre |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 26 April 1991 – 13 April 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Esko Aho |
| Preceded by | Jarmo Rantanen |
| Succeeded by | Jan-Erik Enestam |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 October 1947 Kinnula, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party | Centre Party |
| Spouse(s) | Raija Pekkarinen |
Reijo Mauri Matias Pekkarinen (born 6 October 1947 in Kinnula, Finland) is a Finnish politician. He is the Centre Party of Finland (Suomen Keskusta) deputy and secretary, and former Minister of Economic Affairs in the Finnish government. He is known by the nickname "The Parliament Terrier".
Pekkarinen first became interested in politics as a student at the University of Jyväskylä in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had long held an interest in economics and society and began to take part in party politics at the age of 24.
As new Minister of Trade and Industry, Pekkarinen stated his goal to "promote entrepreneurship and economic growth and thus contribute to diminishing unemployment, [and] to tackle large issues in the field of energy policy such as the carbon dioxide emissions trade between companies in the EU and the building a new nuclear power reactor in Finland", and has also stated an interest in preserving good relations with France. In 2008 his title was changed to Minister of Economic Affairs.
In addition to politics, Pekkarinen is an avid athlete, and is a noted long distance runner.
Mauri Pekkarinen suggested higher food VAT to collect more taxes in January 2014. Decline of the food VAT was an election theme in Finnish parliamentary election, 2007. Half of the promised food VAT decline was after elections given for restaurants as decline of their VAT in 2007. The suggestion of Pekkarinen 2014 does not include suggestion to cancel the decline the restaurant VAT.
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