Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Succeeded by Susanna Huovinen Preceded by Johannes Koskinen Name Leena Luhtanen | Succeeded by Tuija Brax Role Finnish Politician Preceded by Kimmo Sasi | |
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Prime Minister Anneli Jaatteenmaki
Matti Vanhanen Party Social Democratic Party of Finland | ||
Leena Luhtanen (née Nikulainen; born February 12, 1941 in Kuopio) is a Finnish politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007.
She served as the Minister of Transport and Communications in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet from 2003 to 2005, and thereafter as the Minister of Justice until the parliamentary elections of 2007. She was not re-elected.
Luhtanen has been a member in Espoo city council since 1985.
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