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'''Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb''' is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015, and became President in 2024.
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At university, a [[CIA]] recruiter " put her claws into" him, and he kept his contact with agency people since then.
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As politician, he consistently supports US positions, including Finland joining [[NATO]]. He was selected a [[Young Global Leader]] by the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[2009]]. He attended the [[2015 Bilderberg meeting]].
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==Education==
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===With CIA at Furman University===
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Stubb studied in the U.S. at the [[Furman University]] 1989-1993. Stubb's brother had been an exchange student in the family of the Furman professor [[Bill Lavery]] a well-known CIA employee{{CN}}, specialized in [[Russian studies]]. In his memoirs Stubb explains how he ended up at Furman: "I ended up at Furman, because my brother was an exchange student in a family, where the father [[Bill Lavery]] was a professor of Russian history at Furman. I went to see Nixu and get acquainted with the school at the same time"<ref>Stubb, Alexander & Hämäläinen, Karo: ''Alex''. Otava, 2017. ISBN 978-951-1-31393-9. page 39</ref> When studying there later, "At the dormitory, I shared a pitiful room with Nick Lavery", the son of [[Bill Lavery]] .
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===CIA recruitment officer "put her claws into him"===
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Stubb then studied at the [[College of Europe]] in Brugge. Stubb tells he got acquainted with an interesting American woman called [[Valerie Plame]]. Plame was later exposed as a CIA officer<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18924679</ref>. Her mission at the university, frequented by future leaders, was to do recruitment<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/30/usa.helenasmith Not directly stated, but she went "undercover" there.</ref>.
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Stubb tell how "We made friends with Valerie in study groups, we took same courses. It seems Valerie liked that I had studied in the U.S." Relationship between Stubb and Plame was close. Plame told him she was "an American diplomat". According to Stubb, they maintained contact for years afterwards.<ref>https://mvlehti.net/2017/09/02/former-finnish-premier-stubb-reveals-his-cia-contacts-as-plame-and-lavery/</ref> "We kept contact after our studies. Yearly she sent letters and postcards", Stubb writes. "When Emilie was born, Valerie sent a nice ceramic photo frame with the name and date of birth of the newborn", Stubb writes.  He gives much credit to her employer:
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{{QB|In honor of the [[CIA]], it can be said that it has good agents: immediately she put her claws into a guy who later became Finnish premier<ref>https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/28438dae-4830-4ee6-a416-b86602f0533b In Swedish '"satte klorna i"- "put her claws into", presumably a translation from Finnish</ref>}}
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The communication between Stubb and Plame ended when Plame was exposed in [[2003]], i.e. it lasted almost nine years. The fact that Plame stopped to continue to communicate with Stubb after 2003 means that the communication between the two of them was initiated by CIA Directorate of Operations Europe.<ref>https://mvlehti.net/2017/09/06/do-russians-know-everything-about-alexander-stubbs-cooperation-with-the-cia/</ref>
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Later, as a minister, Stubb reported directly to [[Condoleezza Rice]]. According to Stubb, they talked on the telephone "as often as a teenage couple that just started dating". Rice even called him three times, while he was running a marathon, Stubb writes in his memoirs. Stubb also remembers to mention what beautiful legs Rice has.<ref>Stubb, Alexander & Hämäläinen, Karo: ''Alex''. Otava, 2017. ISBN 978-951-1-31393-9. page 139</ref>
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==Early career==
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Between 1995 and 1997, Stubb was a researcher at the Finnish Foreign Office, and then at the [[Academy of Finland]] from 1997 to 1999. In 1997 he began to work also as a columnist.<ref>http://www.alexstubb.com/?page_id=45</ref>
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From 1999 to 2001, Stubb was a researcher in Finland's representation in the [[European Union]] in Brussels, and a member of the Finnish government's delegation to the intergovernmental negotiations for the [[Treaty of Nice]]. In 2000, he became a lecturer at the [[College of Europe]]. Following the IGC's conclusion in 2001 he became an adviser to the President of the European Commission (then [[Romano Prodi]]) and a member of the Commission Task Force on the [[Convention on the Future of Europe|European Convention]]. In 2003 he returned to Finland's representation to the EU as a special expert and to the intergovernmental negotiations, this time for the [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe|European Constitution]]. When that ended in 2004, he stood for the National Coalition Party in the [[2004 European Parliament election in Finland|election to the European Parliament]].<ref name="EP page">https://web.archive.org/web/20080407142708/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?language=EN&id=28261</ref><ref name="AS CV">https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060256/http://www.alexstubb.com/en/index.php?trg=info&id=23</ref> Stubb was a Member of the European Parliament for [[Finland]] from 2004 to 2008.
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==Foreign Minister==
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On 1 April 2008, Stubb's 40th birthday, the Finnish government announced that Stubb would be appointed as its new Minister for Foreign Affairs following a "scandal" surrounding his predecessor, [[Ilkka Kanerva]], who had flirted over [[SMS]] with an erotic dancer.<ref>http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Foreign+Minister+admits+to+sending+text+messages+to+dancer/1135234716668</ref> The decision to appoint Stubb was unanimous.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090116021717/http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=18391&group=Politics</ref>
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On his appointment, Stubb was described a supporter of Finland's accession to[[ NATO]], stating that he does not understand [[Finland's non-alignment policy]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080406192437/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/MEP%2BAlexander%2BStubb%2Bto%2Breplace%2BIlkka%2BKanerva%2Bas%2BForeign%2BMinister/1135235217385</ref>
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In [[2010]] Stubb and Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs [[Carl Bildt]] proposed the [[European Institute of Peace]], which received support from a number of similar US/NATO-friendly deep state actors. They developed a joint non-paper that was addressed to EU High Representative [[Catherine Ashton]].<ref>http://www.finlandcoe.fr/public/default.aspx?contentid=199709&nodeid=38770&contentlan=2&culture=en-US</ref> At the same time, the idea of the Institute gained increasing attention among members of the [[European Parliament]] (MEP) and was particularly supported by German MEP [[Franziska Brantner]]<ref>http://www.franziska-brantner.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/EIP-costs-benefits-and-options.pdf</ref> and French MEP [[Alain Lamassoure]].<ref>http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/arbeitspapiere/mjr_kruempelmann_EIP_Paper_May2013_FINAL.pdf</ref> The institute was founded in [[2014]].
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In [[2011]] when Stubb was Foreign Minister, leaked diplomatic cables from the US embassy in [[Helsinki]] stated that [[Jori Arvonen]], Senior Political Adviser to Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, had predicted that the National Coalition Party would aspire to lead Finland to [[NATO]] during the next parliamentary term.<ref>http://yle.fi/uutiset/wikileaks_us_embassy_urged_finland_to_join_nato/5321425</ref>
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=== Prime Minister (2014–2015) ===
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When [[Jyrki Katainen]] stepped down as Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Coalition Party, Stubb was elected as party chairman in June 2014. He formed a five party government coalition, and was officially appointed Prime Minister by President [[Sauli Niinistö]] on 24 June.
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Stubb supported the proposal to implement basic income experiments in the country.<ref>https://basicincome.org/news/2014/10/finland-the-opposition-leader-proposes-basic-income-pilots/</ref>
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In the election held in April 2015 Stubb's National Coalition Party lost its status as the largest party, coming in as second in vote share and third in seats. Coalition negotiations began on 8 May between the winning Center Party, Finns Party and National Coalition Party.<ref>http://yle.fi/uutiset/kolmen_assan_humppa__seuraa_hallitusohjelmavaantoa_smolnassa_hetki_hetkelta/7978517</ref> He resigned from the office days after the election and left office on 29 May 2015.
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=== Minister of Finance (2015–2016) ===
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Stubb was appointed Minister of Finance on 29 May 2015 by newly elected Prime Minister [[Juha Sipilä]].<ref>http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/13</ref> Stubb has demanded "structural reforms, structural reforms and more structural reforms".<ref>http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1448606137482</ref> Stubb's term as Minister of Finance saw spending cuts which affected the Finnish welfare state and public education system.<ref>http://www.politico.eu/article/finland-economy-crisis-alexander-stubb-finnish-education/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160107054651/http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1451879703857</ref>
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In November and December 2015, Stubb was in the middle of a scandal when he was accused of lying to Finnish Parliament consistently and deliberately. In November, Stubb had said to Parliament that 90 percent of the experts who had given a statement were supporting the government's pact to make it possible for Finns to own publicly listed companies' stock through nominee accounts. The real number was 10 percent, opposite of what Stubb had said.<ref>https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-8495720</ref>
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Partly as a result of a series of Stubb's gaffes, such as insensitive tweets,<ref>http://www.politico.eu/article/finland-economy-crisis-alexander-stubb-finnish-education/</ref>> in spring 2016, MP Elina Lepomäki and Minister of Interior Petteri Orpo announced that they would challenge Stubb in June's party conference. On 11 June Stubb lost the election against Orpo, who became the new leader of the National Coalition Party.<ref>http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001198700.htm</ref> Orpo soon announced that he would take Stubb's seat as the Minister of Finance.<ref>http://yle.fi/uutiset/orpo_nappaa_valtiovarainministerin_salkun__stubbin_uudet_tehtavat_tarkentuvat_myohemmin/895054</ref> In return, he offered Stubb the role of Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, but Stubb declined and decided to continue as a Member of Parliament.<ref>http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1465954449768</ref>
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===Later career===
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On 15 June 2017, Stubb was chosen as the Vice-President of the [[European Investment Bank]], after the previous representative from Finland [[Jan Vapaavuori]] had vacated the seat.<ref>https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9673088?origin=rss</ref> He left his position in Parliament on 30 July 2017 in order to assume his new position.<ref>https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/tiedotteet/Sivut/Kansanedustaja-Alexander-Stubbille-vapautus-edustajantyosta.aspx</ref> Stubb later commented that he had no interest in returning to the Finnish politics, but could be interested in running for the presidency of the [[European Commission]] or [[President of the European Council|European Council]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politicos-eu-confidential-podcast-alexander-stubb-spitzenkandidat-mep-of-the-week/</ref>
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In June 2017, Stubb was nominated by [[Martti Ahtisaari]] to assume the leadership of the [[Crisis Management Initiative]], a [[non-governmental organisation]].<ref>http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000005203413.htm</ref>
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On 2 October 2018, Stubb launched his bid for presidency of the European Commission as the lead candidate of the [[European People's Party]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/former-finnish-prime-minister-alexander-stubb-launches-bid-to-be-next-commission-president/</ref> On 8 November 2018, Stubb lost in EPP's top election against [[Manfred Weber]], the group leader for the European People's Party in the [[European Parliament]].<rehttps://www.politico.eu/article/epp-debate-europes-conservatives-nominate-manfred-weber-for-eu-top-job-spitzenkandidat-european-parliament-election-2019/</ref>
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In January 2020, as Stubb's term at the European Investment Bank was ending, he was chosen as the Director and Professor of the School of Transnational Governance-based within the [[European University Institute]] in [[Florence|Florence, Italy]].<ref>https://dynamic.hs.fi/a/2020/stubb/</ref> He started in the position on 1 May 2020.<ref>https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/ed08a66a-707d-4350-b4c8-7c66b2162680</ref>
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On 16 August 2023, Stubb announced that he would accept National Coalition Party's candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/former-finland-pm-alexander-stubb-to-run-for-president/</ref>
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==2015 shooting==
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In 2015, two young men attacked Stubb’s house in Finland at night while his family was sleeping by shooting at their window.<ref>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/13505-two-men-detained-for-vandalism-attack-on-stubb-s-home.html</ref> One of the men died before court.<ref>https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/3038384</ref>
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Person.png Alexander Stubb   Facebook IMDB Twitter Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
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BornCai-Göran Alexander Stubb
1968-04-01
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Alma materFurman University, Paris-Sorbonne University, College of Europe
Children • Oliver Stubb
• Emilie Stubb
SiblingsNicolas Stubb
SpouseSuzanne Innes
Member ofEuropean Council on Foreign Relations, European Policy Centre, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2009
PartyNational Coalition Party
Finnish top politician. At university, a CIA recruiter "put her claws into" him, and he kept his contact with agency people since then. He was selected a YGL 2009. Heavy WEF annual meeting habit. He attended the 2015 Bilderberg meeting.

Employment.png Finland/President Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1 March 2024 - Present
Preceded bySauli Niinistö
Close to CIA-recruiter Valerie Plame during university days

Employment.png Finland/Minister of Finance

In office
29 May 2015 - 22 June 2016
Close to CIA-recruiter Valerie Plame during university days

Employment.png Leader of the National Coalition Party

In office
14 June 2014 - 11 June 2016

Employment.png Prime Minister of Finland

In office
24 June 2014 - 29 May 2015
Preceded byJyrki Katainen
Close to CIA-recruiter Valerie Plame during university days

Employment.png Finland/Minister for Foreign Affairs

In office
4 April 2008 - 22 June 2011

Employment.png Adviser to the President of the European Commission

In office
2001 - 2003
EmployerEuropean Commission/President
Appointed byRomano Prodi
Close to CIA-recruiter Valerie Plame during university days

Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015, and became President in 2024.

At university, a CIA recruiter " put her claws into" him, and he kept his contact with agency people since then.

As politician, he consistently supports US positions, including Finland joining NATO. He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009. He attended the 2015 Bilderberg meeting.

Education

With CIA at Furman University

Stubb studied in the U.S. at the Furman University 1989-1993. Stubb's brother had been an exchange student in the family of the Furman professor Bill Lavery a well-known CIA employee [Citation Needed], specialized in Russian studies. In his memoirs Stubb explains how he ended up at Furman: "I ended up at Furman, because my brother was an exchange student in a family, where the father Bill Lavery was a professor of Russian history at Furman. I went to see Nixu and get acquainted with the school at the same time"[1] When studying there later, "At the dormitory, I shared a pitiful room with Nick Lavery", the son of Bill Lavery .

CIA recruitment officer "put her claws into him"

Stubb then studied at the College of Europe in Brugge. Stubb tells he got acquainted with an interesting American woman called Valerie Plame. Plame was later exposed as a CIA officer[2]. Her mission at the university, frequented by future leaders, was to do recruitment[3].

Stubb tell how "We made friends with Valerie in study groups, we took same courses. It seems Valerie liked that I had studied in the U.S." Relationship between Stubb and Plame was close. Plame told him she was "an American diplomat". According to Stubb, they maintained contact for years afterwards.[4] "We kept contact after our studies. Yearly she sent letters and postcards", Stubb writes. "When Emilie was born, Valerie sent a nice ceramic photo frame with the name and date of birth of the newborn", Stubb writes. He gives much credit to her employer:

In honor of the CIA, it can be said that it has good agents: immediately she put her claws into a guy who later became Finnish premier[5]

The communication between Stubb and Plame ended when Plame was exposed in 2003, i.e. it lasted almost nine years. The fact that Plame stopped to continue to communicate with Stubb after 2003 means that the communication between the two of them was initiated by CIA Directorate of Operations Europe.[6]

Later, as a minister, Stubb reported directly to Condoleezza Rice. According to Stubb, they talked on the telephone "as often as a teenage couple that just started dating". Rice even called him three times, while he was running a marathon, Stubb writes in his memoirs. Stubb also remembers to mention what beautiful legs Rice has.[7]

Early career

Between 1995 and 1997, Stubb was a researcher at the Finnish Foreign Office, and then at the Academy of Finland from 1997 to 1999. In 1997 he began to work also as a columnist.[8]

From 1999 to 2001, Stubb was a researcher in Finland's representation in the European Union in Brussels, and a member of the Finnish government's delegation to the intergovernmental negotiations for the Treaty of Nice. In 2000, he became a lecturer at the College of Europe. Following the IGC's conclusion in 2001 he became an adviser to the President of the European Commission (then Romano Prodi) and a member of the Commission Task Force on the European Convention. In 2003 he returned to Finland's representation to the EU as a special expert and to the intergovernmental negotiations, this time for the European Constitution. When that ended in 2004, he stood for the National Coalition Party in the election to the European Parliament.[9][10] Stubb was a Member of the European Parliament for Finland from 2004 to 2008.

Foreign Minister

On 1 April 2008, Stubb's 40th birthday, the Finnish government announced that Stubb would be appointed as its new Minister for Foreign Affairs following a "scandal" surrounding his predecessor, Ilkka Kanerva, who had flirted over SMS with an erotic dancer.[11] The decision to appoint Stubb was unanimous.[12]

On his appointment, Stubb was described a supporter of Finland's accession toNATO, stating that he does not understand Finland's non-alignment policy.[13]

In 2010 Stubb and Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt proposed the European Institute of Peace, which received support from a number of similar US/NATO-friendly deep state actors. They developed a joint non-paper that was addressed to EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.[14] At the same time, the idea of the Institute gained increasing attention among members of the European Parliament (MEP) and was particularly supported by German MEP Franziska Brantner[15] and French MEP Alain Lamassoure.[16] The institute was founded in 2014.

In 2011 when Stubb was Foreign Minister, leaked diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Helsinki stated that Jori Arvonen, Senior Political Adviser to Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, had predicted that the National Coalition Party would aspire to lead Finland to NATO during the next parliamentary term.[17]

Prime Minister (2014–2015)

When Jyrki Katainen stepped down as Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Coalition Party, Stubb was elected as party chairman in June 2014. He formed a five party government coalition, and was officially appointed Prime Minister by President Sauli Niinistö on 24 June.

Stubb supported the proposal to implement basic income experiments in the country.[18]

In the election held in April 2015 Stubb's National Coalition Party lost its status as the largest party, coming in as second in vote share and third in seats. Coalition negotiations began on 8 May between the winning Center Party, Finns Party and National Coalition Party.[19] He resigned from the office days after the election and left office on 29 May 2015.

Minister of Finance (2015–2016)

Stubb was appointed Minister of Finance on 29 May 2015 by newly elected Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.[20] Stubb has demanded "structural reforms, structural reforms and more structural reforms".[21] Stubb's term as Minister of Finance saw spending cuts which affected the Finnish welfare state and public education system.[22][23]

In November and December 2015, Stubb was in the middle of a scandal when he was accused of lying to Finnish Parliament consistently and deliberately. In November, Stubb had said to Parliament that 90 percent of the experts who had given a statement were supporting the government's pact to make it possible for Finns to own publicly listed companies' stock through nominee accounts. The real number was 10 percent, opposite of what Stubb had said.[24]

Partly as a result of a series of Stubb's gaffes, such as insensitive tweets,[25]> in spring 2016, MP Elina Lepomäki and Minister of Interior Petteri Orpo announced that they would challenge Stubb in June's party conference. On 11 June Stubb lost the election against Orpo, who became the new leader of the National Coalition Party.[26] Orpo soon announced that he would take Stubb's seat as the Minister of Finance.[27] In return, he offered Stubb the role of Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, but Stubb declined and decided to continue as a Member of Parliament.[28]

Later career

On 15 June 2017, Stubb was chosen as the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, after the previous representative from Finland Jan Vapaavuori had vacated the seat.[29] He left his position in Parliament on 30 July 2017 in order to assume his new position.[30] Stubb later commented that he had no interest in returning to the Finnish politics, but could be interested in running for the presidency of the European Commission or European Council.[31]

In June 2017, Stubb was nominated by Martti Ahtisaari to assume the leadership of the Crisis Management Initiative, a non-governmental organisation.[32]

On 2 October 2018, Stubb launched his bid for presidency of the European Commission as the lead candidate of the European People's Party.[33] On 8 November 2018, Stubb lost in EPP's top election against Manfred Weber, the group leader for the European People's Party in the European Parliament.<rehttps://www.politico.eu/article/epp-debate-europes-conservatives-nominate-manfred-weber-for-eu-top-job-spitzenkandidat-european-parliament-election-2019/</ref>

In January 2020, as Stubb's term at the European Investment Bank was ending, he was chosen as the Director and Professor of the School of Transnational Governance-based within the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.[34] He started in the position on 1 May 2020.[35]

On 16 August 2023, Stubb announced that he would accept National Coalition Party's candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.[36]

2015 shooting

In 2015, two young men attacked Stubb’s house in Finland at night while his family was sleeping by shooting at their window.[37] One of the men died before court.[38]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/201511 June 201514 June 2015Austria
Telfs-Buchen		The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria
Bilderberg/202430 May 20242 June 2024Spain
Madrid		The 70th Bilderberg Meeting
Munich Security Conference/200920092009Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20123 February 20125 February 2012Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
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References

  1. ↑ Stubb, Alexander & Hämäläinen, Karo: Alex. Otava, 2017. ISBN 978-951-1-31393-9. page 39
  2. ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18924679
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/30/usa.helenasmith Not directly stated, but she went "undercover" there.
  4. ↑ https://mvlehti.net/2017/09/02/former-finnish-premier-stubb-reveals-his-cia-contacts-as-plame-and-lavery/
  5. ↑ https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/28438dae-4830-4ee6-a416-b86602f0533b In Swedish '"satte klorna i"- "put her claws into", presumably a translation from Finnish
  6. ↑ https://mvlehti.net/2017/09/06/do-russians-know-everything-about-alexander-stubbs-cooperation-with-the-cia/
  7. ↑ Stubb, Alexander & Hämäläinen, Karo: Alex. Otava, 2017. ISBN 978-951-1-31393-9. page 139
  8. ↑ http://www.alexstubb.com/?page_id=45
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080407142708/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?language=EN&id=28261
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060256/http://www.alexstubb.com/en/index.php?trg=info&id=23
  11. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Foreign+Minister+admits+to+sending+text+messages+to+dancer/1135234716668
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090116021717/http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=18391&group=Politics
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080406192437/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/MEP%2BAlexander%2BStubb%2Bto%2Breplace%2BIlkka%2BKanerva%2Bas%2BForeign%2BMinister/1135235217385
  14. ↑ http://www.finlandcoe.fr/public/default.aspx?contentid=199709&nodeid=38770&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
  15. ↑ http://www.franziska-brantner.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/EIP-costs-benefits-and-options.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/arbeitspapiere/mjr_kruempelmann_EIP_Paper_May2013_FINAL.pdf
  17. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/wikileaks_us_embassy_urged_finland_to_join_nato/5321425
  18. ↑ https://basicincome.org/news/2014/10/finland-the-opposition-leader-proposes-basic-income-pilots/
  19. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/kolmen_assan_humppa__seuraa_hallitusohjelmavaantoa_smolnassa_hetki_hetkelta/7978517
  20. ↑ http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/13
  21. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1448606137482
  22. ↑ http://www.politico.eu/article/finland-economy-crisis-alexander-stubb-finnish-education/
  23. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160107054651/http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1451879703857
  24. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-8495720
  25. ↑ http://www.politico.eu/article/finland-economy-crisis-alexander-stubb-finnish-education/
  26. ↑ http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001198700.htm
  27. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/orpo_nappaa_valtiovarainministerin_salkun__stubbin_uudet_tehtavat_tarkentuvat_myohemmin/895054
  28. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/a1465954449768
  29. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9673088?origin=rss
  30. ↑ https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/tiedotteet/Sivut/Kansanedustaja-Alexander-Stubbille-vapautus-edustajantyosta.aspx
  31. ↑ https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politicos-eu-confidential-podcast-alexander-stubb-spitzenkandidat-mep-of-the-week/
  32. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000005203413.htm
  33. ↑ https://www.politico.eu/article/former-finnish-prime-minister-alexander-stubb-launches-bid-to-be-next-commission-president/
  34. ↑ https://dynamic.hs.fi/a/2020/stubb/
  35. ↑ https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/ed08a66a-707d-4350-b4c8-7c66b2162680
  36. ↑ https://www.politico.eu/article/former-finland-pm-alexander-stubb-to-run-for-president/
  37. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/13505-two-men-detained-for-vandalism-attack-on-stubb-s-home.html
  38. ↑ https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/3038384
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