Hannele Pokka

Pirkko Hannele Pokka (born February 25, 1952 in Ruovesi ) is a Finnish politician and author. She is a member of the Center Party .

Pokka grew up in Lapland. She studied law, received her bachelor's degree in 1975, her licentiate in 1978 and received her doctorate in 1991 from the University of Helsinki with the thesis The systems of follow-up supervision in water engineering. From 1976 to 1979 she worked as a lawyer for the Finnish farmers' association MTK.

Pokka began her political career in higher education and was a member of the Rovaniemi City Council and the Lapland Regional Planning Authority in the 1970s and 1980s . From 1979 to 1994, Pokka represented the Lapland constituency in the Finnish Parliament as a member of the Center Party . From 1986 to 1994 she was deputy chairman of the Center Party. In the Aho cabinet , she was briefly Minister in May 1991 in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and from 1991 to 1994 Minister of Justice. Pokka resigned before the end of the legislature and became governor of the province of Lapland from 1994 to 2008 . Pokka has been permanent secretary to the Environment Minister since 2008. In 1995 she became a lecturer in environmental law at the University of Lapland .

Pokka is the author of nine books, including short stories and novels with themes from her native Lapland and a volume with memoirs.

Web links

Biography. Government of Finland, accessed March 11, 2019.
Biography. Finnish Parliament, accessed March 11, 2019 (Finnish).
Literature by and about Hannele Pokka in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on Worldcat , accessed on March 11, 2019
↑ Provinces of Finland from 1634 to 2009. Lappi / Lapland (Lapland). worldstatesmen.org, accessed March 11, 2019.
^ Hannele Pokka appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Press release from the Ministry of the Environment, May 13, 2013, accessed on March 11, 2019.
↑ Pokka, Hannele. uppslagsverket.fi, accessed March 11, 2019 (Swedish).

personal data
SURNAME	Pokka, Hannele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pokka, Pirkko Hannele (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ruovesi

[Promotion-1] Entry on Worldcat , accessed on March 11, 2019

[Gouverneur-2] Provinces of Finland from 1634 to 2009. Lappi / Lapland (Lapland). worldstatesmen.org, accessed March 11, 2019.

[Sekr._Umwelt-3] Hannele Pokka appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Press release from the Ministry of the Environment, May 13, 2013, accessed on March 11, 2019.

[uppslagsverket-4] Pokka, Hannele. uppslagsverket.fi, accessed March 11, 2019 (Swedish).