Jump to content

Kimmo Tiilikainen: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Added link for ministerial position
{{Dead link}} tag on bare URL refs which return HTTP 404 or 410
Line 8: Line 8:
| term_start = 29 May 2015
| term_start = 29 May 2015
| term_end = 6 June 2019
| term_end = 6 June 2019
| predecessor = [[Petteri Orpo]] <small>(agriculture)</small> <br> [[Sanni Grahn-Laasonen]] <small>(environment)</small>
| predecessor = [[Petteri Orpo]] <small>(agriculture)</small> <br /> [[Sanni Grahn-Laasonen]] <small>(environment)</small>
| successor = [[Jari Leppä]]<small>(agriculture)</small>
| successor = [[Jari Leppä]]<small>(agriculture)</small>
| office2 = [[Minister of Environment (Finland)|Minister of Environment]]
| office2 = [[Minister of Environment (Finland)|Minister of Environment]]
Line 23: Line 23:
| spouse =
| spouse =
}}
}}
'''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]]. 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}}</ref> He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.
'''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 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</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}}</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>http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</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>
Line 49: Line 49:
}}
}}
{{s-end}}
{{s-end}}



{{authority control}}
{{authority control}}
Line 66: Line 65:
[[Category:Finnish foresters]]
[[Category:Finnish foresters]]
[[Category:Organic farmers]]
[[Category:Organic farmers]]



{{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub}}
{{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub}}

Revision as of 14:03, 20 February 2022

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

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en [dead link]
  2. ^ "Sipilä's Government appointed". Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en [dead link]
  4. ^ "Ruokolahden leijona". Helsingin Sanomat.
  5. ^ Presidency and Bureau United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Environment of Finland
September 2007–April 2008 		Succeeded by


Stub icon

This article about a Centre Party (Finland) politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a forester is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kimmo_Tiilikainen&oldid=1072997718"