Mari Kiviniemi

Mari Kiviniemi
Kiviniemi in 2010
41st Prime Minister of Finland
In office
22 June 2010 – 22 June 2011
PresidentTarja Halonen
DeputyJyrki Katainen
Preceded byMatti Vanhanen
Succeeded byJyrki Katainen
Minister for Public Administration and Local Government
In office
19 April 2007 – 22 June 2010
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTapani Tölli
Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development
Acting
In office
3 September 2005 – 2 March 2006
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Preceded byPaula Lehtomäki
Succeeded byPaula Lehtomäki
Leader of the Centre Party
In office
12 June 2010 – 9 June 2012
Preceded byMatti Vanhanen
Succeeded byJuha Sipilä
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
24 March 1995 – 22 September 2014
ConstituencyHelsinki
Personal details
Born
Mari Johanna Kiviniemi

(1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 56)
Seinäjoki, Finland
Political partyCentre
Spouse(s)
Juha Louhivuori
​
(m. 1996)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki

Mari Johanna Kiviniemi (born 27 September 1968) is a Finnish politician. She is the second female Prime Minister of Finland from 2010 to 2011.[1]

On 25 August 2014, she became Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Skard, Torild (2014) "Finland's three national leaders" in Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0, pp. 407-14
  2. ↑ "Mari Kiviniemi OECD:n apulaispääsihteeriksi - eduskuntaan tilalle Terhi Peltokorpi". YLE. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ↑ [Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD http://www.oecd.org/about/whodoeswhat/mari-kiviniemi.htm]