Ms. Heidi Hautala

Submitted by Anonymous on 21 September, 2010 - 11:50
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Heidi Hautala was appointed as the Minister for International Development to the Finnish government in June 2011. Previously, she was a member of the European Parliament for the Finnish Green League, where she served as the chairwoman of the parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a substitute member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Home and Justice Affairs.

Before the latest European elections, Ms Hautala worked closely with EU affairs in the Finnish parliament as a deputy member of the Grand Committee. In addition, she was the chair of the Committee of Legal Affairs. Heidi Hautala was a national MP in 1991-1995 and in 2003-2009 and a member of the Helsinki city council in 1985-1994.

Ms Hautala already served as MEP from 1995 until 2003 and in the period from 1999 until 2001 she was the president of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament.