Heikki Haavisto (20 August 1935 – 22 July 2022) was a Finnish politician and lobbyist. He was the

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in Esko Aho's cabinet between 1993 and 1995 representing Centre Party. Haavisto was a long-term chairman of MTK, a lobby organization of Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners. He was the chairman of the organization between 1976 and 1994. He was an agronomist by education. Haavisto was one of the chief negotiators, when Finland negotiated the accession into the

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. He resigned as the foreign minister on 21 January 1995 due to a serious illness.

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1935 births 2022 deaths People from Raisio Centre Party (Finland) politicians Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Finland {{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub