Leena Luhtanen
Appearance
Leena Luhtanen | |
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![]() Luhtanen in 2005 | |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 23 September 2005 – 19 April 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen |
Preceded by | Johannes Koskinen |
Succeeded by | Tuija Brax |
Minister of Transport and Communications | |
In office 17 April 2003 – 22 September 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
Preceded by | Kimmo Sasi |
Succeeded by | Susanna Huovinen |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuopio, Finland | 12 February 1941
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Oiva Luhtanen |
Leena Luhtanen (née Nikulainen; born 12 February 1941) is a Finnish politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007.[1]
She served as the minister of transport and communications in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet from 2003 to 2005, and thereafter as the minister of justice until the parliamentary elections of 2007.[2] She was not re-elected.
Luhtanen was born in Kuopio, and has been a member of Espoo city council since 1985.
References
[edit]- ^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
External links
[edit]Media related to Leena Luhtanen at Wikimedia Commons
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