# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toimi-kankaanniemi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:38:04.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toimi-kankaanniemi"
name: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
slug: "toimi-kankaanniemi"
description: "Toimi Olavi Kankaanniemi is a Finnish politician, born in Tyrvää. Kankaanniemi was the Chairman of the Finnish Christian Democrats from 1989 to 1995. In 1994, he was a candidate for President of Finland, finishing ninth of eleven candidates. He served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 1987 to 2011. Kankaanniemi was also a minister in the cabinet of Esko Aho from 1991 to 1994, responsible for international development as well as alcohol issues. He resigned from the cabinet in 1994, citing his opposition to the European Union, which Finland was about to join."
tagline: "Finnish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toimi_Kankaanniemi_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.45454545454546
  historical:           7.669150666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ToimiToimi"
    handle:    "ToimiToimi"
sources:
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    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "تويمى كانكانيمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toimi_Kankaanniemi"
    title: "Toimi Kankaanniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump