Paavo Lipponen

Paavo Lipponen
Lipponen in 2004
38th Prime Minister of Finland
In office 13 April 1995 – 17 April 2003
President	Martti Ahtisaari Tarja Halonen
Deputy	Sauli Niinistö Ville Itälä
Preceded by	Esko Aho
Succeeded by	Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Speaker of the Finnish Parliament
In office 22 April 2003 – 20 March 2007
Preceded by	Liisa Jaakonsaari (Acting)
Succeeded by	Timo Kalli
In office 28 March 1995 – 19 April 1995
Preceded by	Riitta Uosukainen
Succeeded by	Riitta Uosukainen
Personal details
Born	Paavo Tapio Lipponen (1941-04-23) 23 April 1941 (age 83) Turtola, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic
Spouse	Päivi Lipponen (née Hiltunen)
Children	3
Alma mater	Dartmouth College University of Helsinki
Military service
Allegiance	Finland
Branch/service	Finnish Army
Rank	Staff sergeant

Paavo Tapio Lipponen (pronounced [ˈpɑːʋo ˈlipːonen] ^ⓘ; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter.^[1] He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003,^[2] 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 to 2007^[3] and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes,^[4] making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party had ever received in Finnish presidential elections at the time.^[5] Lipponen is currently the oldest living former prime minister of Finland.