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Ilkka Kanerva

1948 - 2022

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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. Kanerva was a member of the National Coalition Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Ilkka Kanerva is the 16,479th most popular politician (down from 15,738th in 2024), the 390th most popular biography from Finland (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular Finnish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ilkka Kanerva ranks 16,475 out of 19,576. Before him are Arthur Whitten Brown, and Alexandre de Moraes. After him are Carlos Graça, Pierre Prüm, Fergus Mór, Thomas F. Bayard, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Werner Meyer, Denys Monastyrsky, Fernando Villavicencio, Fayez Tarawneh, and Björn Jónsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ilkka Kanerva ranks 611. Before him are Adam Musiał, Kunio Hatoyama, Allan Warren, Yi Munyeol, Janusz Gortat, and Javier Aguirresarobe. After him are Gert Heidler, Itzhak Shum, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Olivia Harrison, Roland Hattenberger, and Rubén Glaria. Among people deceased in 2022, Ilkka Kanerva ranks 526. Before him are Ernest Shonekan, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, Billy Bingham, Murray Halberg, Enrique Rodríguez, and Tomás Boy. After him are Richard Taruskin, Claes-Göran Hederström, Héctor Pulido, David Ray Griffin, Gianni Celati, and Danny Ongais.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ilkka Kanerva ranks 390 out of 751. Before him are Erika Vikman (1993), Käärijä (1993), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Simo Puupponen (1915), Rauno Miettinen (1949), and Juice Leskinen (1950). After him are Tiina Lillak (1961), Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Antti Kalliomäki (1947), Juha Tiainen (1955), Martti Nieminen (1891), and Jari Puikkonen (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Ilkka Kanerva ranks 81. Before him are Claes Andersson (1937), Anna-Maja Henriksson (1964), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Lucina Hagman (1863), and Timo Soini (1962). After him are Antti Kalliomäki (1947), Santeri Alkio (1862), Marjatta Kajosmaa (1938), Jan-Erik Enestam (1947), Mirja Lehtonen (1942), and Jussi Halla-aho (1971).

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