Hannele Pokka

Hannele Pokka (born May 25, 1952) is governor of the province of Lapland. She began her term of office in 1994. She is the fifth Governor of Lapland and the first woman to hold the office.

She is married to a municipal administrator Esko Tavia, and is the mother of a daughter, Johanna.

Chronology of her political career

*Ministry of Education 1975
*Counsel to the Agricultural Producers' Association 1976–1979
*Associate judge on the Insurance Court 1977–1979
*Member of Parliament 1979–1994
*Minister of Justice 1991–1994
*Governor of Lapland 1994–present

Trivia

Pokka is also known at the author of romance novels.

She served as Minister of Justice during the Esko Aho government, immediately succeeding Tarja Halonen, who would become Finland's first female president, and immediately preceding Anneli Jäätteenmäki, who would become Finland's first female prime minister.

External links

* [http://www.laaninhallitus.fi/lh/lappi/maaherra/home.nsf/pages/index_eng State provincial office of Lapland]

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