Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi of Finland

English (en)franais (fr)Deutsch (de)E-mailPrintFocusBoard of GovernorsMari Kiviniemi, new Governor for FinlandDate:15/06/2007Ms Mari Kiviniemi was appointed Minister of Public Administration and Local Government of Finland on 19 April 2007 and has recently also been designated as EIB Governor for Finland.

In her new capacity as Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, Ms Kiviniemi is responsible at the Ministry of Finance for matters covered by the Public Management Department, the Personnel Department, the Government Information Management Unit, the Financial Markets Department and the EIB and NIB.

Ms Kiviniemi is a member of the Cabinet Finance Committee and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy.

Mari Kiviniemi entered the office of Minister for Trade and DevelopmentMaster of Political Science, Member of Parliament Mari Kiviniemi was appointed the new Minister for Trade and Development in the Government of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on Friday, 2 September.

Kiviniemi said that she is aware of the current problems in the WTO negotiation process and that is why, at this point, there is no reason to expect much from the results of the WTO’s meeting in Hong Kong at the end of the year.

Mari Kiviniemi met her colleague and namesake in IndonesiaMinister for Foreign Affairs and Development Mari Kiviniemi continues her export and internationalisation promoting visit to Southeast Asia.

Kiviniemi discussed on 10 October with State Minister for Information and Communication Sofiyan A.

Kiviniemi has immensely more political clout than Saarela ever did.

I think Kiviniemi is an improvement to the cabinet.

Mari Kiviniemi, Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament, began her duties as the new Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in the Vanhanen Cabinet on 2 September 2005.

Ms Kiviniemi was appointed by the President of the Republic as a Member of the Government, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development and Minister at the Prime Minister's Office.

Minister Kiviniemi is also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy and the Cabinet Committee on European Union Affairs.

Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mari Kiviniemi said this in Livingstone yesterday when shevisited the Dambwa Forest site being supported by hergovernment.

Nevertheless, Kiviniemi says that in principle she is in favour of a potential merger of the metropolitan area municipalities.

Kiviniemi says that the municipalities have generally drawn up their legally mandated plans with care.

Ltd PRESS -Finnish minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi is calling for more women to fill seats on the boards of publicly listed companies.

Ms Kiviniemi said she had summoned the chairs of the city councils of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa to discuss the matter.

Ms Kiviniemi said there was enough time to push through a legal amendment.

Kiviniemi is sceptical that a more restricted merger between Helsinki and Vantaa could be arranged as quickly as suggested by Osmo Soininvaara (Green Party), who argues that elections could be staged in the newly-merged municipality within the next two years.

Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mari Kiviniemi is currently on a four-day visit to Indonesia with a delegation of Finnish business representatives, to bolster the country's economic ties with Indonesia in her meeting with Coordinating Minister for the Economy Aburizal Bakrie and Minister of Trade Mari E.