# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarja-halonen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:24:49.137Z

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name: "Tarja Halonen"
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description: "She broke Finland's presidential ceiling in 2000 and held it for twelve years — the country's first woman president, with approval ratings that peaked at 88 percent. A trade union lawyer turned foreign minister, she arrived at the top with a record on human rights that made some wonder if the UN might come calling next."
tagline: "President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 24 December 1943, Halonen built her early career in the labour movement as a lawyer with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, then moved through Helsinki's City Council and parliament as a Social Democrat from 1979. She climbed the ministerial ladder — Social Affairs and Health, Justice, Foreign Affairs — before winning the presidency in 2000. She chaired Finland's LGBT rights organization Seta in the 1980s and kept human rights, women's rights, and globalization debates at the centre of her tenure. Re-elected in 2006 by a narrow margin over Sauli Niinistö, she left office in 2012 when term limits barred a third run, and Niinistö took her place. Forbes named her one of the world's 100 most powerful women in 2009, and she remains active in the Council of Women World Leaders.