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Paavo Lipponen

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Finnish politician

PoliticiansBorn 1941 · age 85

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Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Paavo Lipponen, meets IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim at IMO HQ (24 February 2016).

Awards 17

2007Order of Friendship

2007Order of Stara Planina

2004Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class

2004Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

2003Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with star

2002Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry

2001Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class

1997Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon

1996Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

1995Order of the White Star, 1st Class

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Fulbright Scholarship

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star

In their orbit 3

SpousePäivi Lipponen

FatherOrvo Lipponen

MotherHilkka Iissalo

Connected to Paavo 6

Javier SolanaAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Jaap de Hoop SchefferAlso won Order of Stara Planina

Bronisław GeremekAlso won Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class

Michel SerresAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

Jan EliassonAlso won Order of the White Star, 1st Class

Walter HallsteinAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon

About this person

Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party had ever received in Finnish presidential elections at the time. Lipponen is currently the oldest living former prime minister of Finland.