Anu Helena Vehviläinen (born 9 September 1963) is a Finnish politician for the Centre Party who served as Speaker of the Finnish Parliament from 2020 to 2022. She has previously held various cabinet positions, including

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's Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the Sipilä Cabinet from 2015 to 2019; Minister of Transport from May to June 2019; and Minister of Transport in the Vanhanen II and Kiviniemi cabinets from 2007 to 2011.

Early life and education

Vehviläinen was born in Leppävirta. She has a master's degree in Philosophy and is preparing a doctorate degree at the University of Joensuu.

Political career

During his time in parliament, Vehviläinen served on the Committee on Education (1995–1999) and the Committee on Social Affairs and Health (2011–2015, 2019–2020), among others. From 2015 to 2019, Vehviläinen served as Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms in the cabinet of

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Juha Sipilä. In 2020, Vehviläinen was appointed Speaker of the Finnish Parliament after

Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journali ...

had been appointed Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.

Other activities

* Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA), Member of the Board (since 2020)

Honors

FIN Order of the Lion of Finland 2Class BAR

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(Finland, 2022)

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