Matti Ahde | |
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| Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 8 May 1987 – 1 February 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Ilkka Suominen |
| Succeeded by | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Minister of the Interior[1] | |
| In office 19 February 1982 – 30 September 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Preceded by | Eino Uusitalo |
| Succeeded by | Matti Luttinen |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office 1 October 1983 – 30 April 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Succeeded by | Kaj Bärlund |
| Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 16 March 1970 – 1990 | |
| In office 16 March 2003 – 17 April 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1945 Oulu, Finland |
| Died | 20 December 2019 (aged 73) Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Hilkka Ahde |
Matti Allan Ahde (23 December 1945 – 20 December 2019) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party.
Ahde was born in Oulu. He was a member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of the state monopoly Veikkaus. Ahde held minister posts in Sorsa's cabinets 1982–1987 and was elected Speaker of the Parliament in 1987.[2] He was replaced as the speaker by Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped down from Holkeri's cabinet to make the position available for party chairman Pertti Paasio.
Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.
On 20 December 2019, Ahde died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Helsinki, Finland.[3][4]
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- ^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta.
- ^ "SDP:n pitkäaikainen kansanedustaja Matti Ahde on kuollut" [Long-term SDP Member of Parliament Matti Ahde has passed away]. Yle (in Finnish). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Syöpä vei ministeri Matti Ahteen". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 29 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.