Background
Salolainen, Pertti Edvard was born on October 19, 1940 in Helsinki.
Salolainen, Pertti Edvard was born on October 19, 1940 in Helsinki.
Master Economics, Helsinki School of Economics, 1969.
Journalist Finnish Broadcasting Company, Helsinki, 1962-1966, correspondent London, 1966-1969. Journalist Finnish section British Broadcasting Corporation, 1966. Member of Parliament Finnish Parliament, Helsinki, 1970-1996, vice chairman parliamentary committee for social affairs, 1970-1975, chairman tax division parliamentary finance committee, 1975-1979, chairman parliamentary finance committee, 1979-1987.
Minister for Europe and foreign trade Government of Finland, 1987-1991, deputy prime minister, 1991-1995. Finnish ambassador to United Kingdom, Finnish Embassy, London, 1996—2004. Head department Finnish Employers' confederation, 1969-1989.
Chief negotiator Finland's European Union Membership. Chief negotiator for Finland in General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Uruguay-Round. Member Helsinki City Council, 1972-1984.
Chairman Helsinki district National Coalition Party, 1973-1976, member party executive, 1979-1994, party leader, 1991-1994, also chairman finance committee. Member supervisory board Finnair, 1995—2002.
Exhibited nature photographs in Tampere, Savitaipale, Helsinki, Bonn, Berlin, Kuusamo, Turku, 1996, Barbican Center, London, 1997, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999, London, 2000.
Honorary founder Worldwide Fund for Nature, Finland, 1972, chairman board, since 2006. Honorary minister, 2004. Major Finnish Army.
Married Anja Sonninen, 1964. Children: Maarit, Markus.