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Paavo Lipponen

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Paavo Tapio Lipponen (pronounced [ˈpɑːʋo ˈlipːonen] ; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party had ever received in Finnish presidential elections at the time. Lipponen is currently the oldest living former prime minister of Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Lipponen is the 8,777th most popular politician (down from 7,563rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 75th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Finnish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paavo Lipponen ranks 8,777 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Badinter, Boril of Bulgaria, Orso Ipato, József Antall, James Louis Sobieski, and Son Sann. After him are Jinseong of Silla, Károly Grósz, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Ahmed Abdallah, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, and Marius Jacob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Paavo Lipponen ranks 196. Before him are Fionnula Flanagan, Myron Scholes, Sergei Dovlatov, Élisabeth Depardieu, Edmund Stoiber, and Aldrich Ames. After him are Akiko Wakabayashi, Peter Coyote, Peter Cullen, Leon Russom, Salvatore Accardo, and Dana Ivey.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Lipponen ranks 93 out of 751. Before him are Markku Alén (1951), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Harri Holkeri (1937), Eero Aarnio (1932), Väinö Tanner (1881), and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943). After him are Arvid Horn (1664), Bo Carpelan (1926), Matti Vanhanen (1955), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), and Anders Johan Lexell (1740).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Paavo Lipponen ranks 22. Before him are Aimo Cajander (1879), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Petteri Orpo (1969), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Harri Holkeri (1937), and Väinö Tanner (1881). After him are Arvid Horn (1664), Matti Vanhanen (1955), Lauri Ingman (1868), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), and Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886).

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