Erkki Liikanen
Erkki Liikanen | |
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Governor of Bank of Finland | |
In office 12 July 2004 – 12 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Matti Vanhala |
Succeeded by | Olli Rehn |
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
In office 17 September 1999 – 11 July 2004 | |
President | Romano Prodi |
Preceded by | Martin Bangemann (Industrial Affairs, Information and Telecommunications Technologies) |
Succeeded by | Olli Rehn |
European Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and Administration | |
In office 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999 | |
President | Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting) |
Preceded by | Peter Schmidhuber (Budget and Financial Control) |
Succeeded by | Michaele Schreyer (Budget) Neil Kinnock (Administrative Reform) |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 30 April 1987 – 28 February 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Harri Holkeri |
Preceded by | Esko Ollila |
Succeeded by | Matti Louekoski |
Member of Parliament from Mikkeli | |
In office 22 January 1972 – 31 August 1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Erkki Antero Liikanen 19 September 1950 Mikkeli, Finland |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Hanna-Liisa Issakainen (m. 1971) |
Education | University of Helsinki |
Erkki Antero Liikanen (born 19 September 1950) is a Finnish social democratic politician and a former Governor of the Bank of Finland.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Erkki Antero Liikanen obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science (Economics) from the University of Helsinki in 1975.[3]
Political career
[edit]Liikanen was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 1972 when he was only 21 years old. Liikanen was appointed the Minister of Finance in the Holkeri Cabinet in 1987.[4] He left Parliament in 1990 to become the first Finnish Ambassador to the European Union.[5]
In 1994 he became the first Finnish Member of the European Commission. He was Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and administration, which included responsibilities for translation and information technology.[6]
Liikanen served as Governor of the Bank of Finland from 12 July 2004. As such he also became a Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (2004–2018) and Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland (2004–2018).[7]
In February 2012, EU Commissioner Michel Barnier asked Liikanen to chair a group of experts to assess the need for structural reforms to the EU banking sector. Their works is known as the Liikanen report was published on 2 October 2012.
Liikanen was also the chairman of Finnish Red Cross between June 2008 and June 2014.
In early 2019, a Reuters poll of economists found that while Benoît Cœuré was considered best-suited for the role as President of the European Central Bank, the most likely compromise candidate was Liikanen.[8]
Positions held
[edit]- 2004–2018 Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Finland
- 1995–2004 Member of the European Commission, Brussels
- 1990–1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Finnish Mission to the European Union, Brussels
- 1987–1990 Minister of Finance
- 1983–1987 Parliamentary Trustee to the Bank of Finland (Vice-Chairman), Speaker's Council
- 1981–1987 Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
- 1980–1989 Member and subsequently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Outokumpu (steel)
- 1978, 1982, 1988 Elected as Member of the Electoral College to select the Finnish President
- 1972–1990 Member of Parliament; member of Cultural Affairs Committee (1972–1975), Agriculture and Forestry Committee (Vice-Chairman) (1977–1979), Foreign Affairs Committee (member 1975–1982; Chairman 1983–1987)
Other activities
[edit]International organizations
[edit]- European Central Bank (ECB), Member of the Ethics Committee (since 2018)[9]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[10]
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Bruegel, Chair of the Board (since 2020)[11]
- Bilderberg Group, Member of the Steering Committee[12]
- Systemic Risk Council (SRC), Member of the Advisory Board[13]
- Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group[14]
Personal life
[edit]Liikanen is married to Hanna-Liisa Liikanen and they have two daughters.[15][16]
Literary work
[edit]- Brysselin päiväkirjat 1990–1994 (edited by Eila Nevalainen) ISBN 951-1-13832-4[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pääjohtaja Erkki Liikanen". Bank of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Liikanen Urges Caution Against Tightening ECB Policy Too Soon". Bloomberg.com. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Pääjohtaja Erkki Liikanen". Bank of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Council of State - Ministers of Finance". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Pääjohtaja Erkki Liikanen". Bank of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Board Members in the history of the Bank of Finland". Bank of Finland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Anne Kauranen (25 May 2019), ECB hopeful Rehn lays out challenges facing Draghi successor Reuters.
- ^ Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates) European Central Bank (ECB), press release of 14 December 2018 .
- ^ Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- ^ Board and scientific council Archived 6 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Bruegel.
- ^ Steering Committee Archived 21 May 2014 at archive.today Bilderberg Group.
- ^ Erkki Liikanen Systemic Risk Council (SRC).
- ^ Membership Archived 1 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trilateral Commission.
- ^ Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Psychology Press. p. 1005. ISBN 9781857432176.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.suomenpankki.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Liikanen, Erkki (1995). Eila Nevalainen (ed.). Brysselin päiväkirjat 1990–1994 (in Finnish). Otava. ISBN 9789511138327.
- "Pääjohtaja Erkki Liikanen". Bank of Finland.
External links
[edit]Media related to Erkki Liikanen (politician) at Wikimedia Commons