Anneli Jäätteenmäki

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Anneli Jäätteenmäki (2014)

Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki [ ˈɑnːɛli ˈtuːlikːi ˈjæːtːɛːnmæki ] (born February 11, 1955 in Lapua ) is a Finnish politician . From April 17 to June 18, 2003, she was the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Finland and chairwoman of the Finnish Center Party ( Suomen Keskusta ).

From 1987 Anneli Jäätteenmäki was a member of the Reichstag . After eight years in the opposition, she led the Center Party to a narrow victory over the previously strongest party, the Social Democrats, in the 2003 elections . She then formed a coalition with the Social Democrats and the Swedish People's Party .

After only two months, she was forced to resign on allegations that she had lied to parliament and the public about how she had obtained confidential State Department documents that she had used in the election campaign. These documents, which he said were faxed without being asked, contained diplomatic information from a meeting between US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen about Finland's position in the Iraq war . Jäätteenmäki used this information to suggest that her rival, Social Democrat Lipponen, had secretly offered his support to the US-led coalition, in a major breach of Finnish neutrality.

After her resignation as Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the Center Party, Matti Vanhanen was elected as her successor on October 5, 2003 . Jäätteenmäki later ran for the European Parliament, where she has been a member of the European Parliament since 2004.

See also: List of female heads of state and government

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SURNAME Jäätteenmäki, Anneli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jäätteenmäki, Anneli Tuulikki (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish politician, MEP, Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Lapua