Famous Members
Tens of Finnish Ministers and hundreds of members of Finnish Parliament have background in Finnish Centre Youth. This is the list of most notables of them:
- Ahti Karjalainen, Prime Minister of Finland 1962-1963 and 1970–1971, Foreign Minister of Finland 1959-1962, 1964–1970 and 1971–1975
- Anneli Jäätteenmäki, First woman as a Prime Minister of Finland 2003, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 2003
- Esko Aho, Prime Minister of Finland 1991-1995, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 1991
- Heikki Hasu, Olympic Gold Medalist, Member of Finnish Parliament 1962-1970
- Johannes Virolainen, Prime Minister of Finland 1964-1966, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 1966-1968 and 1979–1983
- Mari Kiviniemi, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of Finland 2005-2006, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government 2007-
- Marjatta Väänänen, Minister of Culture 1972-1975; Minister of Education 1976-1977
- Martti Miettunen, Prime Minister of Finland 1961-1962 and 1975–1977
- Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland 2003-, Minister of Defence of Finland 2003
- Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Trade and Industry 2003-, Minister of the Interior (Finland) 1991-1995
- Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs 2010-, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy 2004-2010, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society 2004
- Paavo Väyrynen, Minister of Education, 1975–1976; Minister of Labour 1976-1977; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1977-1987 and 1991–1993; Deputy Prime Minister 1983-1987; Vice-chairman of the ELDR Group 1997-2004; Minister for Foreign Trade and Development 2007-
- Pekka Puska, President of World Heart Federation, Member of Finnish Parliament 1987-1991
- Seppo Kääriäinen, Minister of Defence of Finland 2004-2007, Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1993-1995
- Sylvi Saimo, Olympic Gold Medalist (sprint canoer), Member of Finnish Parliament 1966-1978
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