Matti Ahde

Matti Ahde
Matti Ahde
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
	In office; 1987–1989
Preceded by	Ilkka Suominen
Succeeded by	Kalevi Sorsa
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 19 February 1982 – 30 September 1983
Prime Minister	Kalevi Sorsa
Preceded by	Eino Uusitalo
Succeeded by	Matti Luttinen
Minister of Environment
	In office; 1 October 1983 – 30 April 1987
Prime Minister	Kalevi Sorsa
Succeeded by	Kaj Bärlund
Personal details
Born	23 December 1945 (age 78); Oulu, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Hilkka Ahde

Matti Allan Ahde (born 23 December 1945, Oulu) is a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party.

He was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of state monopoly Veikkaus. Ahde hold minister posts in Sorsa cabinets 1982-1987 and was elected to the position of the Speaker of the Parliament in 1987.^[2] He was replaced as the speaker by Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped down from Holkeri cabinet to make position available for party chairman Pertti Paasio.

Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.

References

^ "Council of State - Ministers of Interior". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta.

Political offices
Preceded by Ilkka Suominen	Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 1987-1989	Succeeded by Kalevi Sorsa

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[1] "Council of State - Ministers of Interior". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta.

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