Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland · Finland · On the map · Politicians · Born 1955 · age 71

Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010 and then as the Speaker of Parliament from 2022 to 2023. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party from 2006 until 2010 and the party's presidential candidate in 2006 and 2018.

Matti Vanhanen is read about 56 times a day, in 56 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.

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2008Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward2007Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st ClassAward2004Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAwardMedal for Military MeritsAward1999Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAward1955Born4 November 1955

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Vanhanen (third from right) visited the GDR in 1988.

Vanhanen after Finnish 2006 presidential elections in G8 Summit in Strelna, Russia. Left to right: Romano Prodi, Angela Merkel, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Junichiro Koizumi, Stephen Harper, Matti Vanhanen and José Manuel Barroso.

Vanhanen's second cabinet.

Vanhanen meeting with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Javier Solana, EU-India Summit in Helsinki on 13 October 2006

The Nordic prime ministers meeting in Denmark, 2010. From left to right: Fredrik Reinfeldt (Sweden), Jens Stoltenberg (Norway), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Iceland), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Denmark), Matti Vanhanen (Finland).

Vanhanen and the 35th President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Awards

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic2008

Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class2007

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland2004

Medal for Military Merits2004

Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland1999

Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix

Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star

Cross of Merit of the War Invalides

About this person

Outside of that, he has served under multiple ministerial position through out his 27 years as member of the finnish parliament, with those being Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister.

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Finland