Jacob Söderman
Jacob-Magnus (Jacob) Söderman (born 19 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish Member of Parliament since September 2007 until 2011 (and earlier in 1972-1982). Söderman is a member of Social Democratic Party of Finland and served as Minister of Justice (In October 1971),[1] Minister of Social Affairs and Health (1982), governor of Uusimaa Province (1982–89), Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland (1989–95) and the first European Ombudsman (1995–2003).[2] Söderman returned to the Parliament in Autumn 2007 when MP Tuula Haatainen resigned in order to become a deputy city manager of Helsinki.
Söderman was the President of the Council for Mass Media in Finland in 2003–2005, a Member of the Board of the University of Helsinki 2004–2006 and Member of the Group of Wise Persons 2005–2006.
Honours
- Grand Cross of Bernardo O'Higgins Decoration conferred by Chile 1993
- Grand Cross of the Lions Decoration of Finland 1995
- European Information Association Award for Achievement in European Information 1996
- Honorary Doctorate of Political Sciences, Åbo Academy, Finland 1998
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, University of Lapland 1999
- Special Award for the European Ombudsman's Contribution to Dissemination of Information by the Ministry of Education of Finland 2000
- Alexis de Tocqueville Prize, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) 2001
- Knight of the French Legion of Honour 2002
- Snellman Prize, Finnish Periodical Publishers Association 2002
- Expatriate of the Year Award 2003
- Consumer of the Year Award, The Finnish Consumers' Association 2005
- Codex medaljen 2006
- Chydenius Prize 2006
- Finnish Humanist Union Prize 2007
- Nordic Administrative Union/Finnish association Prize 2007
References
- ↑ "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ↑ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.
| Preceded by none |
European Ombudsman 1995-2003 |
Succeeded by Nikiforos Diamandouros |