Pekka Haavisto

Current Member of Parliament

Green Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   21.03.1987–23.03.1995, 21.03.2007–

E-mail:

pekka.haavisto(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Member of Parliament

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Helsinki 21.03.2007–

Present memberships in committees:

Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 28.06.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister for International Development (Katainen) 17.10.2013–23.06.2014
  • Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Lipponen I) 13.04.1995–14.04.1999
  • Minister of the Environment (Lipponen I) 13.04.1995–14.04.1999
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs (Marin) 10.12.2019–20.06.2023
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs (Rinne) 06.06.2019–09.12.2019
  • Minister for International Development (Stubb) 24.06.2014–25.09.2014

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Helsinki constituency 21.03.1987 - 23.03.1995
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Grand Committee (alternate member) 03.05.2007–18.12.2007, (member) 19.12.2007–06.05.2008, (alternate member) 07.05.2008–19.04.2011, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (alternate member) 05.05.2015–05.06.2019
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 05.02.1990–21.03.1991, (member) 22.03.1991–23.03.1995, (member) 03.04.2007–17.10.2013, (member) 30.09.2014–21.04.2015, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 22.03.1991–08.02.1993
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 02.05.2019–05.06.2019
    • Defence Committee (member) 03.05.2007–17.10.2013, (member) 20.01.2015–21.04.2015
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 21.03.1987–21.03.1991
    • Employment and Equality Committee (vice chair) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 22.03.1991–06.02.1994
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (alternate member) 03.05.2007–12.02.2008, (alternate member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 30.06.2011–22.10.2013
    • Finnish Delegation to the Parliamentary Joint Commission of the European Economic Area (member) 09.02.1993–23.03.1995
    • Finnish Delegation to the Joint Commission of the European Parliament and the Finnish Parliament (member) 09.02.1993–06.02.1994
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • Green Parliamentary Group 21.03.1987–23.03.1995
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Green Parliamentary Group (chair) 22.06.2011–29.05.2013

  • Full name:
    • Haavisto, Pekka Olavi
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1958 Helsinki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Helsinki
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1976 (Munkkivuoren yhteiskoulu, general upper secondary school)
  • Career:
    • Editor of Komposti magazine 1979-1982
    • Editor of Suomi-lehti 1982-1987
    • Editor of Vihreä Lanka 1983-1983
    • Group Secretary (Green Parliamentary Group) 1983-1983
    • Various UN assignments, Head of UN Environment Programme UNEP research team in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, Palestine and Sudan, among others 1999-2005
    • EU Special Representative in Sudan and Darfur 2005-2007
    • UN Special Adviser in the Darfur Peace Process 2007-2007
    • Special Representative of the Minister for Foreign Affairs in crises in Africa 2009-2013
    • Special Representative of the Minister for Foreign Affairs in crises in Africa 2014-2017