Kimmo Sasi

Kimmo Kalevi Immeri Sasi (born 21 February 1952) is a Finnish politician and lawyer. A member of the centre-right National Coalition Party, he has served a member of the Parliament of Finland since 1983. He served as Minister of Foreign Trade from 1999 to 2002 and as Minister of Transport and Communications in the government of Finland from 2002 to 2003. He was chairman of the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs from 2003 to 2011, and has served as chairman of the standing committee on finance since 2011. He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2012.