Suvi-Anne Siimes

Suvi-Anne Siimes

She was chairperson of the Finnish Left Alliance 1998–2006 and was a member of the Finnish Parliament ("Eduskunta") from 1999 to 2007. She served as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a delegate for Finland in the Nordic Council. In the two Cabinets of Paavo Lipponen (1995–2003), Siimes served as the Coordinate Minister for Culture (1998–1999) and as the Minister of Finance (1999–2003). From 1995 to 2000, she was a deputy member of the European Union Committee on Regional Development.

Sini Maaria Suvi-Anne Siimes, " (born 1 June 1963, Helsinki), is a Finnish well-known ex-politician.Before her political career she had several short teaching post in University of Helsinki and Kauppakorkeakoulu and she was planning a scientist / researcher career in economic sciencesHer political career started in local politics in Pohja ( a small town in South-Western Finland)In March 2006 she resigned from the Left Alliance, stating she didn't want to support the election of former taistoists like Jaakko Laakso to the Parliament of Finland in the next elections 2007 and that she could not continue in politics after she had not succeeded in making Left Alliance(VAS) a modern leftist political party with modern European attitudes and practices . In her book (Politiikan julkisivu) published after she left politics in March 2007 she tells in detail what made her to quit her very successful political career ( in election 1999 over 16000 personal votes and 2003 over 17000 votes, a number that showed that she was one of the most popular politicians in Finnish political life 1999-2003)

Siimes is now working as Director General of Pharma Industry Finland.

Siimes has a licentiate (advanced degree) in economics.

Publications

*"Amerikan päiväkirja ja muita kirjoituksia" (2000)
*"Politiikan piilokuvat" (2002)
*"Politiikan julkisivu" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.suvi-annesiimes.info Former homepage] fi icon


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