Pekka Haavisto
| Pekka Haavisto | |
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki |
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Assumed office 2007-present 1987-1995 |
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| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Sirpa Pietikäinen |
| Succeeded by | Satu Hassi |
| Minister for International Development | |
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In office 2013–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Heidi Hautala |
| Succeeded by | Sirpa Paatero |
| Personal details | |
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23 March 1958 Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party | Green League |
| Spouse(s) | Nexar Antonio Flores |
| Residence | Helsinki |
| Website | www.pekkahaavisto.com |
Pekka Olavi Haavisto (born 23 March 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and minister representing the Green League. He returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of March 2007 after an absence of 12 years and was re-elected again in 2011. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Minister for International Development after Heidi Hautala resigned from the job. He has also been a member of the Helsinki City Council.
Haavisto was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1987 to 1995. He was the chairperson of the Green League from 1993 to 1995. He served as the Minister of the Environment in Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet between 1995 and 1999. He was the first European cabinet minister representing a Green party.
From 1999 to 2005, Haavisto worked for the United Nations in various tasks. He led the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) research groups in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, Palestine and Sudan. He also coordinated the UN investigation in the effects of depleted uranium in Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Haavisto also represented the UNEP in the investigations in the Baia Mare mining accident in Romania. In 2005 he was appointed as the special representative of the European Union in Sudan where he participated in the Darfur peace talks.
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