Heidi Hautala

Heidi Hautala MEP
Heidi Hautala in April 2017
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2017
President	Antonio Tajani David Sassoli Roberta Metsola
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
In office 14 July 2009 – 21 June 2011
In office 1 January 1995 – 25 March 2003
Constituency	Finland
Minister for International Development
In office 22 June 2011 – 16 October 2013
Prime Minister	Jyrki Katainen
Preceded by	Paavo Väyrynen
Succeeded by	Pekka Haavisto
Chair of the Finnish Green Party
In office 1 March 1987 – 19 May 1991
Preceded by	Kalle Könkkölä
Succeeded by	Pekka Sauri
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office 16 March 2003 – 14 July 2009
In office 5 March 1991 – 19 March 1995
Constituency	Central Finland
Personal details
Born	Heidi Anneli Hautala (1955-11-14) 14 November 1955 (age 68) Oulu, Finland
Political party	Green League
Other political affiliations	European Green Party
Alma mater	University of Helsinki
Website	www.heidihautala.fi

Heidi Anneli Hautala (born 14 November 1955) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Green League, part of the European Green Party.

She is currently a Member of the European Parliament for the fifth time. Previously she held the post from 1995 to 2003 and 2009 to 2011 when she chaired the Subcommittee on Human Rights 2009–2011.^[1] She has been the Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2017. She served as minister for international development and ownership steering issues in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.