CURRICULUM VITAE

SALOLAINEN, Pertti Edvard

Ambassador

Minister (Finnish Hon. title, 2004)
born 19 October 1940, Helsinki
married to Anja Orvokki Sonninen since 1964 (died 17.2 2005)
children: Maarit, Markus

EDUCATION

M.Sc. (Econ) 1969 Helsinki School of Economics

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Finnish Broadcasting Company;
1962-65 - TV newsreader and editor
1965-66 - Producer of economic programmes
1966-69 - London correspondent
1970-87 - Member of the Supervisory Board’s Working Committee
1966 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Finnish Section
1969-89 Finnish Employer’s Confederation; Head of Department
1996-2004 Ambassador of Finland to the Court of St. James , UK
2004 Minister (Finnish Hon.title)

INTERNATIONAL TASKS

1982-87 -The Interparliamentary Union (IPU) ;
Chairman of the Econ. and Soc. Committee
- Nordic Council : Member of the Legal Committee
1999-2001 -President of The IMO 21st Assembly, London

POLITICS

Government

1991-95 Deputy Prime Minister

1987-95 Minister for Foreign Trade (and Europe)

1989-92 Board of European Integration Affairs;
- Chairman 26.5.1989 - 25.5.1992

1988-94 EFTA Council at Ministerial Level :
- Chairman 1.1. - 30.6.1988, 31.7. - 31.12.1991, 1.1 - 30.6.1994

1990-93 Negotiation Delegation for Finland’s EEA Agreement ;
- Ministerial Chairman 26.1.1990 - 31.12.1993

1993-95 Negotiation Delegation for Finland’s EU-Membership ;
- Minister responsible for EU-negotiations, ministerial chairman

1987-95 Finnish Board for GATT/Uruguay Round- negotiations ;
- Ministerial Chairman and chief negotiatior

Parliament of Finland

1970-96 and 2007- Member of Parliament
1970-75 - Vice Chairman of Social Affairs Committee
1975-87 - Member of Finance Committee/Chairman of Tax Subcommittee
1979-87 - Chairman of Finance Committee
1995-96 - Member of Grand Committee(EU-committee)
1995-96 - Member of Foreign Affairs Committee
2007-     - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

1972-84 Member of the Helsinki City Council

The National Coalition Party of Finland
1973-76 - Chairman of the Helsinki district
- Member of the Executive Committee
1979 - Chairman of the Economy Policy Committee
1991-94 - Leader of the National Coalition Party
1995-96 - Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee

MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS OF TRUST

1979-91 -Outokumpu Mining Company: Member of the Supervisory Board’s
Working Committee
1980-91 -Suomi-Salama Insurance Company: Member of the Supervisory Board
1995-2002 -Finnair: Member of the Supervisory Board
1972 -Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Finland ; Honorary Founder
2006-2009  -Chairman of WWF Board
1972-89 -Vice President and Member of the Supervisory Board
2000- -Hon.President of the Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce
- Trustee of The Viipuri Library Fund,UK
- Honorary Freeman and Liveryman of London Hackney
Carriage Drivers and of Horners

ART EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions of Nature Photographs:
- Tampere; Savitaipale; “My Image of Nature”, Helsinki (1995); Bonn;
Berlin; Kuusamo; Turku (1996); London Barbican (1997); Edinburgh
(1999); London,Grosvenor House (2000)

DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

- Grand Cross of the Lion of Finland 1994
- Grand Cross of the Nordstjerna order (Sweden 1996)
- Grand Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria ,
Hungary and Estonia.
- Medal of Merit of the Finnish Armed Forces
- International Conservation Award (WWF/1990)
- Golden Medal for Merit of the Finnish Association for
Nature Conservation
- Jaakko Honko medal
City of London
- Freedom (Freeman) of City of London (1998)

MILITARY RANK: Major 

CLUBS: Travellers FI, UK, Atheneum