Olli Rehn
| Olli Rehn | |
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| Minister of Economic Affairs | |
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In office 29 May 2015 – 29 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Jan Vapaavuori |
| Succeeded by | Mika Lintilä |
| European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro | |
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In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Almunia (Economic and Monetary Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Siim Kallas (Acting) |
| European Commissioner for Enlargement | |
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In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by |
Günter Verheugen Janez Potočnik |
| Succeeded by | Štefan Füle (Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy) |
| European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
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In office 12 July 2004 – 11 November 2004 Served with Ján Figeľ |
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| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen |
| Succeeded by |
Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry) Viviane Reding (Information Society and Media) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 March 1962 Mikkeli, Finland |
| Political party | Centre Party |
| Alma mater |
Macalester College University of Helsinki St Antony's College, Oxford |
Olli Ilmari Rehn (
listen ; born 31 March 1962 in Mikkeli, Finland) is a Finnish politician, who is the Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet. Previously, he served as European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro of the European Commission from 2009 to 2014 and the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010. Rehn is a member of the Centre Party of Finland.
Born in Mikkeli in eastern Finland, Rehn studied economics, international relations, and journalism at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. He gained a master's degree in political science from the University of Helsinki in 1989, and a D.Phil. from St. Antony's College, Oxford in 1996 on the subject of "Corporatism and Industrial Competitiveness in Small European States".
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