- Jyri Häkämies
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name = Jyri Häkämies
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office = Minister of Defence of Finland
term_start =April 19 ,2007
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primeminister =Matti Vanhanen
predecessor =Seppo Kääriäinen
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office2 = Member of the Parliament of Finland
term_start2 =March 24 ,1999
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constituency2 =Kymi constituency
birth_date = Birth date and age|1961|8|30
birth_place =Karhula ,Finland
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party = National Coalition Party
spouse = Tuija Arhosola-Häkämies
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footnotes =Jyri Jukka Häkämies (born
30 August 1961 inKarhula ) is the current Finnish Minister of Defence and a representative of the National Coalition Party. He is also a member of the government's finance committee, a board member atYLE , the governmental supervisory board,Kotka city counsil and the Kymenlaakso regional board, where he is the chairman. He holds a Masters degree inPolitical science . Before entering the politics, he worked as the CEO of the Kymenlaakso chambers of commerce. Häkämies is a Senior Lieutenant in the military reserve. His older brother,Kari Häkämies , has also been a member of the parliament and government. Jyri Häkämies became the Finnish Minister of Defence in 2007 inMatti Vanhanen's second cabinet .External links
* [http://www.defmin.fi/ Finnish Defence Ministry's web pages]
* [http://www.eduskunta.fi/Hakamies_Jyri Jyri Häkämies' page at Finnish Parliament site]
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