Kimmo Kiljunen

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Hon. Dr. Kimmo Kiljunen (born 1951), PhD Sussex, is a member of the Finnish parliament. He is vice chair of the parliament's Grand Committee and member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs. He is also the chairman of the city council of Vantaa. Kiljunen has published several books on Finnish politics, international relations and development. Recently, he has focused on European integration and bringing a parliamentary dimension to the work of intergovernmental organizations. He was a member of the European Convention that drafted a constitution for the EU. Dr. Kiljunen has been an active member and vice-chair of the OCSE parliamentary assembly and led several election observation missions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Prior to his career in politics, Dr. Kiljunen has worked for UNDP in New York and UNICEF in Nairobi. Dr. Kiljunen is married to ambassador Marja-Liisa Kiljunen.