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'''Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen''' (born 17 August 1966, [[Ruokolahti]] is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician from the [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]].<ref>http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en</ref> He is an [[organic farming|organic farmer]] and [[forester]]. He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.
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| name = Kimmo Tiilikainen
| image = Kimmo Tiilikainen.jpg
| caption = Kimmo Tiilikainen in 2007.
| office = [[Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (Finland)|Minister of Housing, Energy and the Environment]]
| primeminister = [[Juha Sipilä]]
| term_start = 29 May 2015
| term_end = 6 June 2019
| predecessor = [[Petteri Orpo]] <small>(agriculture)</small> <br /> [[Sanni Grahn-Laasonen]] <small>(environment)</small>
| successor = [[Jari Leppä]]<small>(agriculture)</small>
| office2 = [[Minister of Environment (Finland)|Minister of Environment]]
| primeminister2 = [[Matti Vanhanen]]
| term_start2 = 28 September 2007
| term_end2 = 10 April 2008
| predecessor2 = [[Paula Lehtomäki]]
| successor2 = [[Paula Lehtomäki]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|08|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ruokolahti]], [[Finland]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]]
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'''Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen''' (born 17 August 1966, [[Ruokolahti]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician from the [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en |title=Eduskunta - kansanedustajat |website=www.eduskunta.fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030043624/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en |archive-date=2008-10-30}} </ref> He is an [[organic farming|organic farmer]] and [[forester]]. Tiilikainen served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Environment from 2015 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/sipilan-hallitus-nimitettiin?_101_INSTANCE_3qmUeJgIxZEK_groupId=10616 |title= Sipilä's Government appointed |date= 29 May 2015 |publisher= Finnish Government |accessdate= 29 May 2015 |archive-date= 29 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150529174452/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/sipilan-hallitus-nimitettiin?_101_INSTANCE_3qmUeJgIxZEK_groupId=10616 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.


Currently Tiilikainen is the Chairman of the Centre Party Parliamentary Group and a member of the Finnish Parliament. He is also a city council member in his home municipality in Ruokolahti.
Currently Tiilikainen is the Chairman of the Centre Party Parliamentary Group and a member of the Finnish Parliament. He is also a city council member in his home municipality in Ruokolahti.


==Early career==
==Early career==
Tiilikainen graduated in 1991 from the [[University of Joensuu]] as a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry.<ref>http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en</ref>
Tiilikainen graduated in 1991 from the [[University of Joensuu]] as a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en |title=Eduskunta - kansanedustajat |website=www.eduskunta.fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030043624/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en |archive-date=2008-10-30}} </ref>


In the beginning of 1990's Tiilikainen was elected as the chairman of Finnish Organic Food Association. He made his first attempt to the Finnish Parliament as a [[independent (politician)|nonaligned]] candidate on the list of the [[Green League]]. He switched to the Centre Party in 1997 explaining that "the Greens were not ecological enough".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/artikkeli/Ruokolahden+leijona/1135236765119|title=Ruokolahden leijona |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref>
In the beginning of 1990's Tiilikainen was elected as the chairman of Finnish Organic Food Association. He made his first attempt to the Finnish Parliament as a [[independent (politician)|nonaligned]] candidate on the list of the [[Green League]]. He switched to the Centre Party in 1997 explaining that "the Greens were not ecological enough".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/artikkeli/Ruokolahden+leijona/1135236765119|title=Ruokolahden leijona |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref>
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Tiilikainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament on his third attempt in 2003.
Tiilikainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament on his third attempt in 2003.


==Other activities==
* [[United Nations Environment Programme]]&nbsp;(UNEP), Vice President of the Bureau of the Assembly (2018-2019)<ref>[http://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/node/40737 Presidency and Bureau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125000935/http://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/node/40737 |date=2020-01-25 }} [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP).</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 11 May 2024

Kimmo Tiilikainen
Kimmo Tiilikainen in 2007.
Minister of Housing, Energy and the Environment
In office
29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byPetteri Orpo (agriculture)
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (environment)
Succeeded byJari Leppä(agriculture)
Minister of Environment
In office
28 September 2007 – 10 April 2008
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Preceded byPaula Lehtomäki
Succeeded byPaula Lehtomäki
Personal details
Born (1966-08-17) 17 August 1966 (age 58)
Ruokolahti, Finland
Political partyCentre Party

Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen (born 17 August 1966, Ruokolahti) is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.[1] He is an organic farmer and forester. Tiilikainen served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Environment from 2015 to 2019.[2] He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.

Currently Tiilikainen is the Chairman of the Centre Party Parliamentary Group and a member of the Finnish Parliament. He is also a city council member in his home municipality in Ruokolahti.

Early career

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Tiilikainen graduated in 1991 from the University of Joensuu as a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry.[3]

In the beginning of 1990's Tiilikainen was elected as the chairman of Finnish Organic Food Association. He made his first attempt to the Finnish Parliament as a nonaligned candidate on the list of the Green League. He switched to the Centre Party in 1997 explaining that "the Greens were not ecological enough".[4]

Tiilikainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament on his third attempt in 2003.

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". www.eduskunta.fi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30.
  2. ^ "Sipilä's Government appointed". Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". www.eduskunta.fi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30.
  4. ^ "Ruokolahden leijona". Helsingin Sanomat.
  5. ^ Presidency and Bureau Archived 2020-01-25 at the Wayback Machine United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Environment of Finland
September 2007–April 2008 		Succeeded by



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