Anu Vehviläinen

Anu Helena Vehviläinen (born 9 September 1963) is a Finnish politician for the Centre Party who served as Finland's Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms for the Sipilä Cabinet from 2015 to 2019[1] and also the Minister of Transport from May to June 2019.[2] Previously, she was also the Minister of Transport in the Vanhanen II and Kiviniemi cabinets from 2007 to 2011.

Anu Vehviläinen
Vehviläinen in 2017.
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
Assumed office
9 June 2020
DeputyAntti Rinne
Juho Eerola
Preceded byMatti Vanhanen
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms
In office
29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byPaula Risikko
Succeeded bySirpa Paatero
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
29 May 2019 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byAnne Berner
Succeeded bySanna Marin
In office
19 April 2007 – 22 June 2011
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Mari Kiviniemi
Preceded bySusanna Huovinen
Succeeded byMerja Kyllönen
Personal details
Born
Anu Helena Vehviläinen

(1963-09-09) 9 September 1963
Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Political partyCentre
Spouse(s)Timo Hiltunen (1999–2011)

Vehviläinen was born in Leppävirta. She has a master's degree in Philosophy and is preparing a doctorate degree at the University of Joensuu.

From 2015 to 2019, Vehviläinen served as Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the Sipilä Cabinet.[3]

In 2020, she was appointed Speaker of the Finnish Parliament after Matti Vanhanen had been appointed Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.[4]

References
  1. "Ministers". Valtiovarainministeriö. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. "Anne Berner vapautettiin ministeritehtävistään – tilalle ministeri Vehviläinen" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. "Sipilä's Government appointed". valtioneuvosto.fi. the Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. "Centre Party proposes Anu Vehviläinen as Speaker of Parliament". Yle. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.


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