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Kalliomäki appointed Minister of Education

Ministry of Education
Publication date 23.9.2005 13.12
Press release -

Antti Kalliomäki (SDP), Member of Parliament, teacher (Physical Education), was appointed Minister of Education and Science in Matti Vanhanen's Government at the presidential session on Friday. He will transfer from the post of Minister of Finance, while the current Minister of Education and Science Tuula Haatainen will transfer to the position of Minister of Social Affairs and Health.

At the Ministry of Education, Antti Kalliomäki, Minister of Education and Science, will be responsible for matters related to education, training and science. Mr Vesa Vuorenkoski, who assisted Ms Haatainen, will continue as Political Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science.

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Minister of Education and Science
- Secretary Paula Ahola, tel. + 358 - 9 - 160 77411
- Special Adviser Vesa Vuorenkoski, + 358 - 9 - 160 77418
- e-mail: [email protected]

Print-quality photographs of the minister are available also at the Finnish Government's web service. The photographs were taken by Lehtikuva Oy, the company which owns the copyright for the photographs. ThePrime Minister's Office has the right to publish the photographs. The photographs may be used for publication free of charge.

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Minister Kalliomäki's CV

Curriculum Vitae

Minister of Education and Science

Kalliomäki, Antti Tapani

Minister of Education 23 September 2005 onwards
Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, 17 April 2003 - 23 September 2005
Teacher (Physical Education), Member of Parliament
Social Democratic Party
Date and place of birth: 8 January 1947, Siikainen, Finland
Place of residence: Nurmijärvi

Minister of Trade and Industry, from 13 April 1995 to 15 April 1999

Social Democratic Party, Member of the Party Committee/Party Executive, 1990-2002
European Social Democratic Party, Vice Chairperson, 2001-2003

Member of Parliament, 1983 onwards
Social Democratic Party parliamentary group, Chairperson, 1991-1995, 1999-2003
Committee for the Future, Vice Chairperson, 1993-1995
Parliamentary Supervisory Council of the Bank of Finland, 1987-1991
Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Member of the of the Administrative Council 2002-2003, Vice Chairperson 2002-2003

Hämeenkylä Upper Comprehensive School and Upper Secondary School, Teacher (Physical Education), 1973-1991
Finnish Sports Association, Project Manager, 1981-1983
Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1986-1987

Vantaa City Council, 1984-2000
Social Democratic Party, Chairperson of the Vantaa Municipal Organisation, 1988-1992

Neste, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, 1994-1995
Parliamentary Committee on Defence Policy, Member, 1986-1987
Committee on Sports, Vice Chairperson, 1988-1990
Parliamentary Advisory Board on Defence Policy, Member, 1989-1991
Parliamentary Security Policy Monitoring Group, Chairperson, 2002-2003

Spouse: Helena Marjatta Kalliomäki, 1969 onwards
Children: Tuomas, b. 1970; Juha, b. 1976

Antti Kalliomäki