Jan-Erik Enestam (born 12 March 1947 in

Västanfjärd Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Fin ...

) is a

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politician from the

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. He has a degree from the

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university in

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. Enestam was the Municipal Director of Västanfjärd between 1978 and 1983 and a Project Chief at the

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during the period 1983–1991. He was a member of Finland's parliament, the

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, from 1991 until 2007 and a member of the government between 1995 and 2006 in various posts. He led the

from 1998 until 2006. He was succeeded by

Stefan Wallin Stefan Erik Wallin (born 1 June 1967 in Vaasa) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. He was Finland's Minister of Culture and Sport in Matti Vanhanen's cabinet 2007–2011, Minister of Defence in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet 2011–2012 and a ...

as leader at the beginning of 2007.

Career

Some previous posts he has held are: *Government of

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...

, Head of Office, 1974–1978 *Municipality of Västanfjärd, Municipal Manager, 1978–1983 *

, Project Manager for Archipelago Cooperation, 1983–1991 *Municipal Council of Västänfjärd, Chairperson, 1989–1996 *Special Adviser to the Minister of Defence, 1990–1991 *Member of Parliament, 1991 onwards *

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, from 2 January 1995 to 13 April 1995 *Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (equality affairs), from 2 January 1995 to 13 April 1995 *

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, from 13 April 1995 to 15 April 1999 *Party leader of the

, 1998–2006 *

, from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003 *Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Nordic cooperation and cooperation with the neighbouring regions), from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003 * Minister of Environment from 17 April 2003 to 1 January 2007 *Director of the Secretariat of the

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from 1 August 2007 – 2013

Personal life

He was married to Solveig V. Dahlqvist in 1979 and has three children.

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1947 births Living people People from Kimitoön Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Ministers of Defence of Finland Ministers of the Interior of Finland Minister of the Environment of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1995–99) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07) Åbo Akademi University alumni {{Finland-politician-stub