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Harri Holkeri
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Prime minister of Finland from 1987 to 1991
Key facts
- President
- Mauno Koivisto
- Deputy
- Kalevi Sorsa , Pertti Paasio
- Preceded by
- Kalevi Sorsa
- Succeeded by
- Esko Aho
- Born
- Harri Hermanni Holkeri , ( 1937-01-06 ) 6 January 1937, Oripää , Finland
- Died
- 7 August 2011 (2011-08-07) (aged 74), Helsinki , Finland
- Party
- National Coalition
- Alma mater
- University of Helsinki
- Profession
- Master of Political Sciences
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Oripää
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- banker
- Position held
- President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Educated at
- University of Helsinki
- Employer
- United Nations
- Political party
- National Coalition Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Finnish
- Military rank
- Major
- Image
- Holkeri.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- date of birth
- 1937-01-06
- date of death
- 2011-08-07
- Commons category
- Harri Holkeri
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- name in native language
- Harri Hermanni Holkeri
- birth name
- Harri Hermanni Holkeri
- honorific prefix
- valtioneuvos
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Encyclopedic overview
Harri Hermanni Holkeri (6 January 1937 – 7 August 2011) was a Finnish statesman representing the National Coalition Party of Finland (Kokoomus / Samlingspartiet). He was the Prime Minister of Finland 1987–1991, president of the UN General Assembly 2000–2001 and headed the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo from 2003 to 2004 (leaving the position in the summer of the second year because of health issues).
Domestic offices
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