Seppo Kääriäinen with Donald Rumsfeld (cropped) - Seppo Kääriäinen

Seppo Arimo Kääriäinen (born 29 March 1948 in

Iisalmen maalaiskunta Iisalmen maalaiskunta was a municipality in Eastern Finland in Kuopio Province. The municipality was founded in 1873. Before the year 1922 the municipality included also Sonkajärvi and Vieremä. The municipality was consolidated with the city of I ...

) is a

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politician of the Centre Party and Doctor in Social Sciences. He served as the

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...

of Finland between from 24 June 2003 to 19 April 2007. He has been MP since 1987 and was

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and Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993–1995. He also served as the First Deputy Speaker of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

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