Olli Rehn | |
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Governor of the Bank of Finland | |
Assumed office 12 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen |
Minister of Economic Affairs | |
In office 29 May 2015 – 29 December 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
Preceded by | Jan Vapaavuori |
Succeeded by | Mika Lintilä |
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro | |
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014 | |
President | José Manuel Barroso |
Preceded by | Joaquín Almunia (Economic and Monetary Affairs) |
Succeeded by | Siim Kallas (Acting) |
European Commissioner for Enlargement | |
In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 | |
President | José Manuel Barroso |
Preceded by | Günter Verheugen Janez Potočnik |
Succeeded by | Štefan Füle (Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy) |
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
In office 12 July 2004 – 11 November 2004 Served with Ján Figeľ | |
President | Romano Prodi |
Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen |
Succeeded by | Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry) Viviane Reding (Information Society and Media) |
Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
In office 23 April 2015 – 19 January 2017 | |
Constituency | Helsinki (2015–2017) |
In office 22 March 1991 – 23 March 1995 | |
Constituency | Helsinki (1991–1995) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mikkeli, Finland | 31 March 1962
Political party | Centre Party |
Education | Macalester College (BA) University of Helsinki (MA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil) |
Olli Ilmari Rehn (pronounced [ˈolːi ˈreːn] ; born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014, and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016.[1] Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024, but was not elected.