Tarja Cronberg (née Mattila, born 29 June 1943 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and former Minister of Labour. She was also a Member of the Finnish Parliament (2003–2007), representing the Green League. She was elected as the chairperson of her party in 2005 and remained in this position until 2009, when she was replaced by Anni Sinnemäki.
Cronberg has been the director of the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. Cronberg was born in Helsinki, Finland and currently resides in Polvijärvi. She has two Ph.D. degrees, in technology (from Lund University, Sweden) and in business administration (from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark). Cronberg has worked in various positions in both business and education, such as an associate professorship at the Technical University of Denmark, among others.
She is fluent in seven languages. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the turn of the year 2008/2009.[1]
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| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Osmo Soininvaara |
Chairperson of the Green League 2005–2009 |
Succeeded by Anni Sinnemäki |
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| Preceded by Tarja Filatov |
Minister for Labour (Finland) 2007–2009 |
Succeeded by Anni Sinnemäki |