Ilkka Kanerva

Personal details:
Minister for Foreign Affairs, 19 April 2007 to 2008
Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament
National Coalition Party
Date and place of birth: 28 January 1948, Lokalahti
Place of residence: Turku

Minister of Labour, from 26 April 1991 to 13 April 1995
Minister at the Ministry of Finance (development of administration), from 26 April 1991 to 13 April 1995
Minister deputizing for the Prime Minister, from 26 April 1991 to 23 August 1991
Minister of Transport and Communications, from 28 August 1990 to 26 April 1991
Minister at the Ministry of Finance (development of administration), from 3 February 1989 to 26 April 1991
Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, from 30 April 1987 to 28 August 1990

National Coalition Party, Party's Board of Directors, Member 1972-1994
Youth League of the Coalition Party, Chair 1972-1976

Member of Parliament, 1975 to present
Speakers of Parliament, Second Deputy Speaker 2003-2007, First Deputy Speaker 2007
Speaker's Council, Member 1999-2007
Forum for International Affairs, Member 2006-2007
Finnish Observers to the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Member 1999-2007, Chair 2003-2007
Defence Committee, Chair 1999-2003
Finnish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of Western European Union, Member 1999-2003
Finnish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE, Chair, 2003-2007
Government Guarantee Fund, Chair 1996-2003
Parliamentary Supervisory Council of the Bank of Finland, Member 1987, 1995-2006, Chair 1995-2003

Turku City Council, 1972 to present
Regional Council of Southwest Finland, Board, Chair 1995 to present
Association of Finnish Cities, Board Member 1985-1989

Finnish Olympic Committee, Vice Chair, 1993 to present
International Association of Athletics Federations, Council Member 2003 to present
Parliamentary Security Policy Monitoring Group, Vice Chair 2002-2004
Suomi Mutual Policyholders' Representative Assembly, Member 1976-1989, 1997-2012
Turku Fair and Congress Center Ltd, Supervisory Board, Chair 1990-
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, Supervisory Board, Chair 1995-2003, Member 2003-2006
Veikkaus, Finnish Lottery for Finns, Supervisory Board Member 1980-1985, Chair 1996-2007
TOK Group, Board of Representatives, Member 2003-2007
10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 2005 Organizing Committee, Chair 2003-2006
IVO Group, Supervisory Board, Chair 1995-1996
Finnish Athletics, Honorary Chair, Chair 1990-2005
Commissioners to the Government Guarantee Fund, Chair 1996-2003
Finnish Sports Federation, Vice Chair 1993-2003
European Athletics, Council Member, 1999-2003
Auria (Turun Puhelin), Board Member 1999-2003
Assembly of European Regions, General Assembly, Member 1997-2002
Alko, Supervisory Board, Chair 1989-1991
Committee on Sports, Chair 1988-1990
Finnish Athletics, Board Member 1978-1984, Chair 1984-1990
Presidential Electoral College, Member 1978, 1982, 1988
Neste Oil, Supervisory Board, Vice Chair 1984-1988
Turku Provincial Paasikivi Society, Board Member 1987 to present, Chair 1984-1987
Finnish CSCECSCE
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe Delegation, Member 1979-1985
Advisory Board for Economic Development Cooperation, Member 1979-1984
National Union of Students in Finland, Board Member 1971-1972

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