Chronology of Her Political Career
- Member of the Social Democratic Party 1971–2000
- Vice-President of the GDR Recognizion Committee 1972–1973
- Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary 1974–1975
- Member of Helsinki City Council 1977–1996
- Member of Parliament (Helsinki constituency) 1979–2000
- Member of the Parliamentary Social Affairs Committee 1979-1986 (chair 1985-1986)
- Deputy member of the Parliamentary Commerce Committee 1979-1982
- Presidential elector 1979-1986
- Member of the Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland 1980-1984
- Deputy member, Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee 1982-1986
- Minister of Social Affairs and Health 1987–1990
- Minister of Nordic Cooperation 1989–1991
- Minister of Justice 1990–1991
- Member and vice chair of the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee 1991-1995
- Member of the Parliamentary Grand Committee 1993-1995 (chair 1995)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs 1995–2000
- President of Finland 2000–2012
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