Stefan Wallin

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Stefan Erik Wallin (b. June 1, 1967) in Vaasa is a Finnish politician. He is currently Finland's Minister of the Environment in Matti Vanhanen's Cabinet.

Wallin studied at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku, where he graduated with a Master's Degree in Social Sciences. He worked as a reporter for the Vasabladet newspaper 1989-1993, before acting as a research assistant for the Swedish People's Party. He served as a Special Adviser successively to the Ministers of Transport, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, Interior, and Defence from 1994 to 2000.

He was Deputy Editor-in-Chief and a leader writer for the Åbo Underrättelser newspaper from 2000 to 2005, before serving as State Secretary to the Minister of the Environment2005-2007.

Wallin was appointed as Minister of the Environment and Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs responsible for Nordic Cooperation by President Tarja Halonen on December 29, 2006. He succeeded Jan-Erik Enestam, who was also Wallin's predecessor as chairman of the Swedish People's Party.

Preceded by Jan-Erik Enestam

Minister of the Environment (Finland) 2006–

Succeeded by incumbent