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Ilkka Kanerva

Ilkka Kanerva

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   27.09.1975–

Telephone:

09 432 3055

E-mail:

ilkka.kanerva(at)parliament.fi

Home page:

www.ike.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Social Sciences, Minister

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Varsinais-Suomi 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 18.06.2019–
Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Defence Committee (Chair) 18.06.2019–
The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
NATO Parliamentary Assembly (member) 21.05.2019–, (Chair) 21.11.2019–
Forum for International Affairs (member) 18.06.2019–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister deputising for the Prime Minister (Aho) 26.04.1991–23.08.1991
  • Minister deputising for the Prime Minister (Aho) 26.04.1991–23.08.1991
  • Minister at the Prime Minister Office (Holkeri) 30.04.1987–27.08.1990
  • Minister at the Ministry of Finance (Holkeri) 01.02.1989–25.04.1991
  • Minister of Transport (Holkeri) 28.08.1990–25.04.1991
  • Minister of Employment (Aho) 26.04.1991–12.04.1995
  • Minister at the Ministry of Finance (Aho) 26.04.1991–12.04.1995
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs (Vanhanen II) 19.04.2007–03.04.2008
  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Varsinais-Suomi constituency 27.09.1975 - 23.03.1999
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Second Deputy Speaker) 25.03.2003–20.03.2007, (First Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–18.04.2007
    • Speaker's Council (member) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007, (First Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–18.04.2007, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Chancellery Commission (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007, (First Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–18.04.2007
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 1975 II–1978
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 1979–29.04.1987, (member) 28.04.1995–18.03.2003, (deputy member) 02.04.2003–08.09.2004, (member) 03.04.2007–18.04.2007, (member) 06.05.2008–21.04.2015, (deputy member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Banking Committee (deputy member) 1981–1982, (member) 1983–29.04.1987
    • Defence Committee (Chair) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (Chair) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (deputy member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Commerce Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Committee for the Future (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Electors (member) 1975 II–1978
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 1977–1978, (member) 1979–08.05.1987
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 14.04.1987–08.05.1987, (member) 28.04.1995–10.03.2006, (Chair) 28.04.1995–01.04.2003 (Parliamentary Governors of the Bank of Finland) –1991
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Bank of Finland, limited (deputy member) 14.04.1987–08.05.1987, (member) 28.04.1995–29.02.2000
    • Commissioners to the Government Guarantee Fund (member) 01.05.1996–01.04.2003, (Chair) 01.11.1996–01.04.2003
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007, (Chair) 07.05.2003–20.03.2007, (member) 22.04.2008–19.04.2011, (Chair) 29.04.2008–19.04.2011, (Chair) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (Chair) 23.06.2015–08.07.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly (member) 18.06.1999–18.03.2003
    • NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Chair) 18.06.1999–18.03.2003, (member) 09.05.2003–20.03.2007, (Chair) 16.05.2003–20.03.2007, (member) 06.05.2008–19.04.2011, (Chair) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (Chair) 10.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Forum for International Affairs (Second Deputy Speaker) 21.04.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 29.04.2008–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, () –, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
  • Full name:
    • Kanerva, Ilkka Armas Mikael
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1948 Lokalahti
  • Present place of residence:
    • Turku
  • Education:
    • matriculated 1968, Master of Social Sciences 1980
  • Additional information:
    • National Defence Medal with Swords as recognition for his defence work