Tarja Halonen - Chronology of Her Political Career

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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