Career
- Member of Parliament (Varsinais-Suomi constituency) 1975–
- Minister at the Prime Minister's Office 1987–1990 (Harri Holkeri's cabinet)
- Minister at the Ministry of Finance 1989-1991 (Harri Holkeri's cabinet)
- Minister of Transport 1990–1991 (Harri Holkeri's cabinet)
- Minister of Labour and Minister at the Ministry of Finance 1991-1995 (Esko Aho's cabinet)
- Deputy Prime Minister (April–August 1991)
- Chair, Parliamentary Defence Committee 1999-2003
- Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament 2003–2007
- First Deputy Speaker of Parliament (March to April 2007)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs 2007–2008.
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Famous quotes containing the word career:
“Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)
“Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Work-family conflicts—the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child—would not be forced upon women with such sanguine disregard if men experienced the same career stalls caused by the-buck-stops-here responsibility for children.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)