Ilkka Kanerva

Ilkka Kanerva
Kanerva in 2019
Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
In office
26 April 1991 – 23 August 1991
Prime MinisterEsko Aho
Preceded byPertti Paasio
Succeeded byPertti Salolainen
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
19 April 2007 – 4 April 2008
Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen
Preceded byErkki Tuomioja
Succeeded byAlexander Stubb
Minister of Labour[1]
In office
26 April 1991 – 12 April 1995
Prime MinisterEsko Aho
Preceded byMatti Puhakka
Succeeded byLiisa Jaakonsaari
Minister of Transport
In office
28 August 1990 – 25 April 1991
Prime MinisterHarri Holkeri
Preceded byRaimo Vistbacka
Succeeded byOle Norrback
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
1975–2022
ConstituencySouthwest Finland
Personal details
Born(1948-01-28)28 January 1948
Lokalahti, Southwest Finland, Finland
Died14 April 2022(2022-04-14) (aged 74)
Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party
Websiteike.fi

Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva (28 January 1948 – 14 April 2022) was a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Southwest Finland. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008.[2] Kanerva was a member of the National Coalition Party.

With nearly 47 years in office, Kanerva was the longest-serving Member of Parliament in Finnish political history.[3]

  1. ^ "Finnish Government – Ministers of Labor force". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland – Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Pitkäaikaisimmat kansanedustajat edustajapäivien mukaan" (PDF). Eduskunta (in Finnish). 16 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2022.