Matti Ahde

Matti Allan Ahde (born 23 December 1945, Oulu) is a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party.

He was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of state monopoly Veikkaus. Ahde hold minister posts in Sorsa cabinets 1982-1987 and was elected to the position of the speaker of the parliament in 1987.^[1] He was replaced as the speaker by Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped down from Holkeri cabinet to make position available for party chairman Pertti Paasio.

Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.

References

1. ^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=103&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki. 

Political offices
Preceded by Ilkka Suominen	Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 1987-1989	Succeeded by Kalevi Sorsa

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Name	Ahde, Matti
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Date of birth	23 December 1945
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