Paavo Lipponen

Politician

1941 –

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Who is Paavo Lipponen?

Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003–2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

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Born
Apr 23, 1941
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  • Dartmouth College
  • University of Helsinki

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on July 23, 2013

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