Background
PAASIO, Pertti Kullervo was born on April 2, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland. Parents: Fafael Paasio and Mary Paasio (née Wahlman).
PAASIO, Pertti Kullervo was born on April 2, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland. Parents: Fafael Paasio and Mary Paasio (née Wahlman).
University of Turku, Politics Mag. Spoken languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, German.
Member Turku (Finland) City Council, 1965-1990. Deputy head Tourist Office City of Turku, 1968-1973. Head Regional Employment Service, Turku, 1973-1987.
Special assistant to minister finance Helsinki, 1972. Aide to prime minister, Government of Finland, 1975. Member of Parliament, 1975-1979, 82-96.
Member executive committee Social Democratic Party Finland, 1978-1987, chairman parliamentary group, 1984-1987, 96—, chairman, 1987-1991. Member Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, 1975-1979, 82-89, chairman, 1991-1996, minister for foreign affairs, 1989-1991. Member European Parliament, 1996-1999.
Chairman Finnish National Committee for European Security, 1985-1987.
Lutheran.
Turku City Council since 1965. Pari. 1975-1979, since 1982.; Presidential Electoral College 1978, 1982, 1988.
Married Kirsti Kaarina Johansson, 1967. Children: Ari, Paivi, Heli, Jouni.