Paavo Lipponen
| Paavo Lipponen | |
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| 59th Prime Minister of Finland | |
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In office 13 April 1995 – 17 April 2003 |
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| President |
Martti Ahtisaari Tarja Halonen |
| Deputy |
Sauli Niinistö Ville Itälä |
| Preceded by | Esko Aho |
| Succeeded by | Anneli Jäätteenmäki |
| Speaker of Parliament | |
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In office 22 April 2003 – 20 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Liisa Jaakonsaari (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Timo Kalli |
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In office March 1995 – April 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Riitta Uosukainen |
| Succeeded by | Riitta Uosukainen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 April 1941 Turtola, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Päivi Lipponen(née Hiltunen) |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College University of Helsinki |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Finnish Army |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Paavo Tapio Lipponen (
pronunciation ) (born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.
Lipponen was born in Turtola (subsequently renamed Pello), son of Orvo Lipponen and his wife Hilkka Iisalo. Paavo's maternal grandparents were Jaakko Antero Ingman/Iisalo (a distant relative of Count Adolf Fredrik Munck af Fulkila and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim) and his wife Siiri Törnroos. Paavo Lipponen spent his childhood and youth in Kuopio.
Receiving his gymnasium diploma from the Lyceum of Kuopio in 1959, he then studied philosophy and literature at Dartmouth College for one year on a Fulbright scholarship.
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