Kari Häkämies (born 1956) is a Finnish lawyer and politician being a member of the
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
. He served as the justice minister and interior minister and was elected to the
Finnish Parliament
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. He is also the author of several political
thriller novels
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first of which was published in 2010.
Biography
Häkämies was born in
Karhula
Karhula is a former market town ('' kauppala'') and a former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in the Kymenlaakso region. It was consolidated with the town of Kotka in 1977.
Its seat was in Helilä, however the municipa ...
in 1956.
University of Helsinki
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in 1982.[
Häkämies works as a lawyer.][ He is part of the National Coalition Party.][ He served as the justice minister between 2 February 1996 and 12 March 1998 in the first ]cabinet
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Furniture
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* Filing ...
of Paavo Lipponen
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.[ Häkämies was elected as mayor of ]Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
in 1998 and held the post until 2001.[ He was appointed minister of interior to the second cabinet of Lipponen on 15 April 1999.][ Häkämies resigned from the office on 30 August 2000][ and was replaced by ]Ville Itälä
Ville Heimo Antero Itälä (born 10 May 1959 in Luumäki) is the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and a former a Finnish politician. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of South ...
in the post on 1 September.[
Häkämies was first elected to the Finnish Parliament on 2 March 1987.][ His parliamentary tenure ended on 31 July 1998.]Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regi ...
or region mayor of Southwest Finland.
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20th-century Finnish politicians
21st-century Finnish writers
20th-century Finnish lawyers
21st-century Finnish lawyers
1956 births
Living people
Ministers of the Interior of Finland
Ministers of Justice of Finland
National Coalition Party politicians
Finnish male novelists
People from Kotka
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–91)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1995–99)
Mayors of places in Finland
University of Helsinki alumni