Paavo Väyrynen
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Paavo Väyrynen MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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In office 1 January 1995 – 26 November 2007 |
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| Constituency | Finland |
| Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development | |
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In office 19 April 2007 – 22 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi |
| Preceded by | Paula Lehtomäki |
| Succeeded by |
Alexander Stubb (Foreign Trade) Heidi Hautala (International Development) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 26 April 1991 – 5 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Esko Aho |
| Preceded by | Pertti Paasio |
| Succeeded by | Heikki Haavisto |
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In office 6 May 1983 – 30 April 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Preceded by | Pär Stenbäck |
| Succeeded by | Kalevi Sorsa |
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In office 15 May 1977 – 26 February 1982 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kalevi Sorsa Mauno Koivisto |
| Preceded by | Keijo Korhonen |
| Succeeded by | Pär Stenbäck |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
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In office 6 May 1983 – 29 April 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Preceded by | Ahti Pekkala |
| Succeeded by | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 26 September 1976 – 15 May 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Martti Miettunen |
| Preceded by | Paavo Aitio |
| Succeeded by | Arvo Aalto |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 30 November 1975 – 29 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Martti Miettunen |
| Preceded by | Lauri Posti |
| Succeeded by | Marjatta Väänänen |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
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In office 19 March 1970 – 1 July 2014 |
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| Constituency | Oulu |
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Paavo Matti Väyrynen 2 September 1946 Keminmaa, Finland |
| Political party |
 FinnishCitizens' Party  EUAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
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Centre Party (until 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Vuokko Kaarina Tervonen (1968–present) |
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| Alma mater | |
| Religion | Church of Finland |
| Website | paavoväyrynen |
Paavo Matti Väyrynen (born 2 September 1946) is a Finnish veteran politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland, representing the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He is currently the chairman of the Citizens' Party. Väyrynen was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 1970 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011 and has held many ministerial portfolios. He has also been a Member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2007, and again since 2014. Väyrynen has been the Centre Party candidate for Finnish president three times – finishing second in 1988, third in 1994 and third in 2012. In 2016 Väyrynen announced his departure from the party and soon after founded a new Citizens' Party.
Paavo Väyrynen was born in a farmer family in Keminmaa, southwest Lapland. After finishing his gymnasium he graduated in 1970 as a Bachelor of Social Sciences in the University of Helsinki. In Väyrynen's doctoral thesis in 1988, Finlands utrikespolitik – den nationella doktrinen och framtidens mänsklighetspolitik ("Foreign politics of Finland - the national doctrine and the politics of the future of mankind"), he made an assumption that the Soviet Union would prevail — an assumption which has ever since haunted him in the media. In 1996, Väyrynen was granted docentship of International Relations in University of Lapland.
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