Pekka Haavisto | |
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 Haavisto in 2023 | |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2007 | |
| In office 21 March 1987 – 23 March 1995 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 June 2019 – 20 June 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Antti Rinne Sanna Marin |
| Preceded by | Timo Soini |
| Succeeded by | Elina Valtonen |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 13 April 1995 – 15 April 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen |
| Preceded by | Sirpa Pietikäinen |
| Succeeded by | Satu Hassi |
| Minister for International Development | |
| In office 11 October 2013 – 26 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
| Preceded by | Heidi Hautala |
| Succeeded by | Sirpa Paatero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pekka Olavi Haavisto 23 March 1958 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland |
| Political party | Green League |
| Domestic partner | Nexar Antonio Flores (2002–present) |
| Residence | Helsinki |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Pekka Olavi Haavisto (Finnish pronunciation: [pekːɑ olɑʋi hɑːʋisto]; born 23 March 1958) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023.
Haavisto returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of March 2007 after an absence of 12 years and was re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Between April 1995 and April 1999 he was the Minister of Environment in the Lipponen I Cabinet. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Minister for International Development after Heidi Hautala resigned from the job. He has also been a member of the Helsinki City Council.
Haavisto finished second in the Finnish presidential elections in 2012, 2018 and 2024; twice to Sauli Niinistö and finally to Alexander Stubb. Haavisto became the first openly gay candidate to run for the presidency of Finland.