Jacob-Magnus (Jacob) Söderman (born 19 March 1938 in

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) is a Finnish politician who served as Finnish Member of Parliament in 1972–1982 and again in 2007–2011. Söderman is a member of the

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and served as Minister of Justice (In October 1971),

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(1982), governor of

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(1982–89),

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(1989–95) and the first European Ombudsman (1995–2003). Söderman returned to the Parliament in Autumn 2007 when MP Tuula Haatainen resigned in order to become a deputy city manager of Helsinki. Söderman was the president of the Council for Mass Media in Finland in 2003–2005, a member of the board of the

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2004–2006 and member of the Group of Wise Persons 2005–2006.

Honours

* Grand Cross of Bernardo O'Higgins Decoration conferred by Chile 1993 * Grand Cross of the Lions Decoration of Finland 1995 * European Information Association Award for Achievement in European Information 1996 * Honorary Doctorate of Political Sciences, Åbo Academy, Finland 1998 * Honorary Doctorate in Law, University of Lapland 1999 * Special Award for the European Ombudsman's Contribution to Dissemination of Information by the Ministry of Education of Finland 2000 * Alexis de Tocqueville Prize,

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(EIPA) 2001 * Knight of the French Legion of Honour 2002 * Snellman Prize, Finnish Periodical Publishers Association 2002 * Expatriate of the Year Award 2003 * Consumer of the Year Award, The Finnish Consumers' Association 2005 * Codex medaljen 2006 * Chydenius Prize 2006 * Finnish Humanist Union Prize 2007 * Nordic Administrative Union/Finnish association Prize 2007

References

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