Ilkka Kanerva | |
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![]() Kanerva in 2019 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
In office 26 April 1991 – 23 August 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Esko Aho |
Preceded by | Pertti Paasio |
Succeeded by | Pertti Salolainen |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 19 April 2007 – 4 April 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen |
Preceded by | Erkki Tuomioja |
Succeeded by | Alexander Stubb |
Minister of Labour[1] | |
In office 26 April 1991 – 12 April 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Esko Aho |
Preceded by | Matti Puhakka |
Succeeded by | Liisa Jaakonsaari |
Minister of Transport | |
In office 28 August 1990 – 25 April 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Harri Holkeri |
Preceded by | Raimo Vistbacka |
Succeeded by | Ole Norrback |
Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
In office 1975–2022 | |
Constituency | Southwest Finland |
Personal details | |
Born | Lokalahti, Southwest Finland, Finland | 28 January 1948
Died | 14 April 2022 Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland | (aged 74)
Political party | National Coalition Party |
Website | ike.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]