Pekka Haavisto

Personalia

Utrikesminister 10.12.2019–
Riksdagsledamot
De Gröna
Födelsedatum och födelseort: 23.3.1958 Helsingfors
Hemort: Helsingfors

Politisk karriär

Utrikesminister 10.12.2019–
Utrikesminister (Rinne) 6.6.2019–10.12.2019
Utvecklingsminister (Stubb) 24.6.2014–26.9.2014
Utvecklingsminister (Katainen) 17.10.2013–24.6.2014
Miljö- och utvecklingsminister (Lipponen) 13.4.1995–15.4.1999

Presidentvalskandidat 2012 och 2018
Gröna förbundet, ordförande 1993–1995 och 11/2018–2019
Gröna riksdagsgruppen, ordförande 2011–2013, 1993, 1987–1988
Europeiska gröna partiet, ordförande 2000–2006

Riksdagsledamot 1987–1995, 2007–
Arbete i riksdagen

Helsingfors stadsfullmäktige 1988–2008
Helsingfors stadsstyrelse 1987

Övrig arbetskarriär och samhälleliga uppdrag

Utrikesministerns särskilda representant i kriserna i Afrika 2009–2017
Specialsakkunig inom FN i fredsprocessen i Darfur 2007
EU:s särskilda representant i Sudan och Darfur 2005–2007
FN:s miljöorganisation UNEP, ordförande för arbetet med att klarlägga miljökonsekvenserna av krigen i Balkan, Afghanistan, Irak, Liberia, det ockuperade palestinska området och Sudan 1999–2005

Suomi, chefredaktör 1982–1987
Vihreä Lanka, chefredaktör 1983
Komposti, chefredaktör 1979–1982

European Institute of Peace EIP, styrelseordförande 2016–2019
Kyrkans Utlandshjälp, styrelsen 2009–2013, 2014–2019
Finlands Settlementförbund, styrelsen 2014–2019
Bcause foundation, styrelsen 2014–2019
Neste Abp, delegationen för intressentgrupper 2015–2016
WWF, förvaltningsrådet, ordförande 2011–2013
Plan Suomi, styrelsen 2009–2013

Publikationer

Eurooppa raiteilla 2018
Anna mun kaikki kestää 2011
Afrikan tähteä etsimässä 2010
Hatunnosto 2010
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme): Forskningsrapporter 1999–2005
Kesä Balkanilla 1999
Nuori Eurooppa: inter-rail -opas 1986
Tehtävä Napapiirillä 1983
Interrail-opas 1977, 1978, 1979         

Övriga uppgifter

Make: Nexar Antonio Flores
Språkkunskaper: finska, svenska, engelska
Intressen: böcker, cykling, kultur bortom mainstreamfåran

Profile

Pekka Haavisto was born in Helsinki on 23 March 1958. He was a Member of Parliament in 1983–1995 and was returned to Parliament in 2007. In 1995–1999, he served as Minister of Development and the Environment and in 2013–2014 as Minister for International Development. In 1993–1995 and in 2018–2019, he was Party Leader of the Greens in Finland. He has also served several years as a member of the Helsinki City Council. He stood as a candidate in the presidential election in Finland in 2012 and in 2018.

He has gained wide experience of various areas of foreign policy, for example, while chairing the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Task Forces on environmental impacts of war in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan. He has also worked as the EU Special Representative for Sudan and Darfur, Special Advisor for the UN (ASG) in the Darfur peace process, and Special Representative to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in African crises.

In addition, he has served in several positions of trust, including President of the Board of the European Institute of Peace (EIP) in 2016–2019, Chair of the Board of the Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses in 2014–2019, and Chair of WWF Finland’s Board of Trustees.

Haavisto has worked as Editor-in-Chief of several publications, including Vihreä Lanka magazine. Additionally, he has authored many books, the most recent one, Eurooppa raiteilla (Europe on rails), in 2018. His main interests are books, cycling, wooden boats and cultural backyards. Haavisto lives in a registered partnership.