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    Paavo Tapio Lipponen (pronounced [ˈpɑːʋo ˈlipːonen] ; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland...
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    Paavo Lipponen was the 66th government of Finland, which existed from 13 April 1995 to 15 April 1999. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Paavo Lipponen...
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  • who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics Paavo Lipponen (born 1941), Finnish politician and former reporter Paavo Lonkila (1923–2017), Finnish farmer and...
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  • Lipponen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Paavo Lipponen (born 1941), Finnish politician and former reporter Mika Lipponen...
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    World War II. The SDP rose to government from the opposition and leader Paavo Lipponen headed two consecutive cabinets from 1995 to 2003. During this time...
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    coalition cabinet which chiefly continued on the lines of its predecessor, Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet, but introduced new measures to stimulate the economy...
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    the largest party of the Eduskunta and Paavo Lipponen remained Prime Minister. Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's five-party "rainbow government" consisting...
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    Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet in 1995. Switching portfolios, Niinistö became Finance Minister in 1996, continuing in Lipponen's second cabinet...
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    Itälä served as the Minister of the Interior under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen from September 2000 to April 2003. He was elected chairman of the National...
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    the Minister of Foreign Trade and European Affairs in Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet in 2002–2003. As Minister for Foreign Trade he was responsible...
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    Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet was the 67th government of Finland. The cabinet was in office from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003. It was a center-left...
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  • (1881–1964) Axel Lille – founder of the Swedish People's Party (1848–1921) Paavo Lipponen – prime minister 1995–2003, the first speaker of the Finnish Parliament...
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    served as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2003 under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen and Minister of the Environment under Prime Ministers Anneli Jäätteenmäki...
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  • Koivisto Reino Kuuskoski Reino Ragnar Lehto Keijo Liinamaa Edwin Linkomies Paavo Lipponen Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Oskari Mantere Martti Miettunen Juho Kusti...
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  • weakened social services and other things. In 1995, then-prime minister Paavo Lipponen continued to operate under austerity measures, which had restricted...
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    Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections...
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  • In August 2008, Nord Stream AG hired former Finnish prime minister Paavo Lipponen as a consultant to help speed up the application process in Finland...
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    delegate for Finland in the Nordic Council. In the two Cabinets of Paavo Lipponen (1995–2003), Siimes served as the Coordinate Minister for Culture (1998–1999)...
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    accuse Paavo Lipponen of supporting the Iraq War. The secret documents included a memo or memos of discussions between George W. Bush and Paavo Lipponen. Later...
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    Jan–Jun Gerhard Schröder Party of European Socialists  Germany Jul–Dec Paavo Lipponen Party of European Socialists  Finland 2000 Jan–Jun António Guterres...
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  • Despite small losses in the 1995 election, Pekka Haavisto joined Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet, which was composed of a "rainbow" coalition. This made...
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    from 1993 to 1995. He served as the Minister of the Environment in Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet between 1995 and 1999. He was the first European cabinet...
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    served as the Minister of Environment and Development Co-Operation in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 15 April 1999 and 31 May 2002. In accordance...
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    rights violations and lawbreaking. The President of the European Union, Paavo Lipponen of Finland, said the group was "deeply worried about the deteriorating...
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    Ilkka Kanerva Pertti Salolainen Preceded by Harri Holkeri Succeeded by Paavo Lipponen Personal details Born Esko Tapani Aho (1954-05-20) 20 May 1954 (age 70)...
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    longest lasting have been the two cabinets of prime minister Paavo Lipponen (Lipponen I and Lipponen II), both lasting the entire parliamentary term, or 1,464...
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    to the presidency, she served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Lipponen I Cabinet. Halonen announced in 1999 that she wished to stand as a candidate...
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    to 1999, he served as the Minister of Education in the Aho cabinet and Lipponen I Cabinet after being assistant to Riitta Uosukainen, the previous Minister...
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    1999 January–June  Germany Gerhard Schröder July–December  Finland Paavo Lipponen 2000 January–June  Portugal António Guterres July–December  France Lionel...
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    handed over to the Germans, a fact for which Finnish prime minister Paavo Lipponen issued an official apology in 2000. The field synagogue operated by...
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