Erkki Liikanen
Personal details
Born in Mikkeli, Finland, 19 September 1950
Married, two children
Education
Masters Degree in Political Science (Economics), University of Helsinki 1975
Present position
Chairman of the Board (Governor) of the Bank of Finland, 12 July 2004–
Other positions
Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, 2004–
Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland, 2004–
President of the Finnish Red Cross, since 8 June 2008–
Career
1999–2004 Member of the European Commission for Enterprise and Information Society, Brussels
1995–1999 Member of the European Commission for Budget; Personnel and administration, Brussels
1990–1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Finnish Mission to the European Union, Brussels
1987–1990 Minister of Finance for Finland
1983–1987 Member of the Parliamentary Supervisory Council of the Bank of Finland (Vice-Chairman)
1981–1987 Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
1980–1989 Member and subsequently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Outokumpu Corporation
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)
Honorary doctorates
D.Sc. (Tech.), Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 2003
D.Sc. (Econ.). Aalto University School of Economics, Finland, 2011
CV in Finnish (PDF), in Swedish (PDF) and in English (PDF).