Raimo Ilaskivi

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Raimo Ilaskivi (born May 26, 1928) is a Finnish politician . He holds a doctor's degree of economics from the University of Helsinki and has also studied in the USA and in the UK.

Ilaskivi is best known as the mayor of Helsinki from 1979 to 1991. Previously he was Managing director of the Finnish Banker´s Association, the Industrial Bank of Finland and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. He has also held management positions in several Finnish companies. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1962 to 1974 and member of the European Parliament 1996-99 as well as the presidential candidate of the Conservative Party 1994. He is author of 9 books in the field of economics and politics. Ilaskivi has also been 20 years docent (senior lecturer) of economics at the University of Helsinki. Ilaskivi has earned several high awards and decorations both from Finland and from other countries. Since 1999 he has been the Chancellor of the Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni, an Ecumenical, International Order Under the Aspices of the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros II; see www.ocmonline.org