Kimmo Tiilikainen
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Kimmo Tiilikainen | |
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 Kimmo Tiilikainen in 2007. | |
| Minister of Housing, Energy and the Environment | |
| In office 29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Petteri Orpo (agriculture) Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (environment) |
| Succeeded by | Jari Leppä(agriculture) |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office 28 September 2007 – 10 April 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Paula Lehtomäki |
| Succeeded by | Paula Lehtomäki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1966 Ruokolahti, Finland |
| Political party | Centre Party |
Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen (born 17 August 1966, Ruokolahti) is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.[1] He is an organic farmer and forester. Tiilikainen served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Environment from 2015 to 2019.[2] He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.
Currently Tiilikainen is the Chairman of the Centre Party Parliamentary Group and a member of the Finnish Parliament. He is also a city council member in his home municipality in Ruokolahti.
Early career
[edit]Tiilikainen graduated in 1991 from the University of Joensuu as a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry.[3]
In the beginning of 1990's Tiilikainen was elected as the chairman of Finnish Organic Food Association. He made his first attempt to the Finnish Parliament as a nonaligned candidate on the list of the Green League. He switched to the Centre Party in 1997 explaining that "the Greens were not ecological enough".[4]
Tiilikainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament on his third attempt in 2003.
Other activities
[edit]- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Vice President of the Bureau of the Assembly (2018-2019)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". www.eduskunta.fi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30.
- ^ "Sipilä's Government appointed". Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". www.eduskunta.fi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30.
- ^ "Ruokolahden leijona". Helsingin Sanomat.
- ^ Presidency and Bureau Archived 2020-01-25 at the Wayback Machine United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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