Kimmo Tiilikainen

Kimmo Tiilikainen in Oslo 2007.

Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen (born 17 August 1966, Ruokolahti) is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.[1] He is an organic farmer and forester. He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.

Currently Tiilikainen is the Chairman of the Centre Party Parliamentary Group and a member of the Finnish Parliament. He is also a city council member in his home municipality in Ruokolahti.

Early career

Tiilikainen graduated in 1991 from the University of Joensuu as a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry.[2]

In the beginning of 1990's Tiilikainen was elected as the chairman of Finnish Organic Food Association. He made his first attempt to the Finnish Parliament as a nonaligned candidate on the list of the Green League. He switched to the Centre Party in 1997 explaining that "the Greens were not ecological enough".[3]

Tiilikainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament on his third attempt in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en
  2. ↑ http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?hnro=790&kieli=en
  3. ↑ "Ruokolahden leijona". Helsingin Sanomat.
Political offices
Preceded by
Paula Lehtomäki		 Minister of the Environment of Finland
September 2007–April 2008 		Succeeded by
Paula Lehtomäki