Kari Häkämies (born 1956) is a Finnish lawyer and politician being a member of the

National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

. He served as the justice minister and interior minister and was elected to the

Finnish Parliament 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 P ...

. He is also the author of several political

thriller novels Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspe ...

first of which was published in 2010.

Biography

Häkämies was born in

Karhula Karhula is a former market town (''köping, kauppala'') and a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in the Kymenlaakso region. It was consolidated with the town of Kotka in 1977. ...

in 1956. He received a degree in law from

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

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 of

Paavo Lipponen Paavo Tapio Lipponen (; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of ...

. Häkämies was elected as mayor of

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

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) is a Finnish politician seving as Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) since 2018. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of Southwest Fi ...

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. He is the chairman of the Regional Council of

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

or region mayor of Southwest Finland.

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