Education
University of Helsinki.
University of Helsinki.
Erkki Liikanen obtained a Bachelor"s degree in Political Science (Economics) from the University of Helsinki in 1975. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 1972 when he was only 21 years old. He left Parliament in 1990 to become the first Finnish ambassador to the European Union.
He was Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and administration, which included responsibilities for translation and information technology.
Liikanen has been Governor of the Bank of Finland since 12 July 2004. In February 2012, European Union Commissioner Michel Barnier asked Erkki Liikanen to chair a group of experts to assess the need for structural reforms to the European Union banking sector.
Their works is known as the Liikanen report was published on 2 October 2012. Liikanen has been the chairman of Finnish Red Cross since June 2008.
Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Finland, 12 July since 2004 (Present position)
1990–1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Finnish Mission to the European Union, Brussels
1987–1990 Minister of Finance for Finland
1983–1987 Parliamentary Trustee to the Bank of Finland (Vice-Chairman), Speaker"s Council
1981–1987 Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
1980–1989 Member and subsequently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Outokumpu Corporation (steel).
In 1994 he became the first Finnish Member of the European Commission. As such he also became a Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (2004–present) and Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland (2004–present ). 1995–1999 Member of the European Commission for Budget.
Personnel and administration, Brussels
1978, 1982, 1988 Elected as Member of the Electoral College to select the Finnish President
1972–1990 Member of Parliament.
Member of Cultural Affairs Committee (1972–1975), Agriculture and Forestry Committee (Vice-Chairman) (1977–1979), Foreign Affairs Committee (member 1975–1982. Chairman 1983–1987).