Pekka Veikko Vennamo (born 7 November 1944 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and corporate executive. He was the leader of the

Finnish Rural Party The Finnish Rural Party ( fi, Suomen maaseudun puolue, SMP; sv, Finlands landsbygdsparti, FLP) was an agrarian and populist political party in Finland. Starting as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959 as the Small Peasants' Party ...

from 1979 to 1989. He was also member of the Parliament of Finland from

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

representing the constituency of Helsinki and again from

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

to 1989 representing the southern constituency of Turku Province. In addition, Vennamo served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in

Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa (21 December 1930 – 16 January 2004) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland three times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979 and 1982–1987. At the time of his death he still held the record for most day ...

's fourth cabinet from 1983 to 1987 and as the Minister of Transport in Harri Holkeri's cabinet from 1987 to 1989.Pekka Vennamo
Parliament of Finland. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Vennamo is son of Veikko Vennamo, the founder and first leader of the Finnish Rural party. Before entering politics, he studied engineering. As the party leader, Vennamo led the Finnish Rural Party to a great victory at the 1983 parliamentary election after which the party entered the government for the first time. Vennamo left politics in 1989 when he was appointed director (later CEO) of Post and Telecommunications. He angered his previous supporters in the rural areas of the country - many typical Finnish Rural Party voters - when in an effort to improve the efficiency of the postal service he ordered the closure of very many rural post offices. When the company was split to Finland Post and

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in 1998, he was appointed CEO of Sonera. However, in January 1999 Vennamo was removed from office because of his controversial businesses with company shares.Sonera selätti Matti Auran
Yle on April 2, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Since 1999, Vennamo has been CEO of a company called Sijoitus.

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External links

Pekka Vennamo's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vennamo, Pekka 1944 births Living people Businesspeople from Helsinki Finnish Rural Party politicians Ministers of Transport and Public Works of Finland Government ministers of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1972–75) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1979–83) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1983–87) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–91) Politicians from Helsinki