Ilkka Suominen

Ilkka Suominen   (politician)
Born	8 April 1939 Nakkila, Finland
Died	23 May 2022 (Age 83)
Nationality	Finnish
Spouse	Riitta Suominen
Party	National Coalition Party
Finnish politician who attended Bilderberg 1988 as Minister for Trade and Industry.  Speaker of the Parliament of Finland  In office 2 April 1987 - 5 May 1987  Finland/Minister/Trade and Industry In office 1987 - 1991  Speaker of the Parliament of Finland  In office 30 April 1991 - 6 February 1993  President of the Nordic Council In office 1992 Preceded by Ilkka Suominen Succeeded by Ilkka Suominen  Member of the European Parliament In office 1999 - 2004 Preceded by Luigi Caligaris, Efthimios Christodoulou, Jean Pierre Cot, José Manuel Torres Couto, Carlos Robles Piquer, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Helene Carrere d'Encausse Succeeded by Elisa Ferreira, Jana Hybášková, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Joseph Muscat, João de Deus Pinheiro, Mia de Vits, Lars Wohlin

Ilkka Olavi Suominen was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party. He was President of the Nordic Council in 1992.

He was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1994. Suominen was the chairman of the National Coalition Party 1979–1991 and twice the speaker of the parliament 1987 and 1991–1994. He held the position of minister of trade and industry in Holkeri cabinet 1987–1991. Suominen left parliament to become CEO of state monopoly Alko. He was elected as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for one term between 1999 and 2004 (EPP).

He was also the chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE 1992–1994.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1988	3 June 1988	5 June 1988	Austria Interalpen-Hotel Telfs-Buchen	The 36th meeting, 114 participants

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