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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Linus Torvalds, Tarja Halonen, Urho Kekkonen, Esko Aho, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Mika Waltari, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Lauri Kristian Relander, Risto Ryti, Kaarlo Juho St hlberg, Olli Rehn, Jorma Ollila, Riitta Nelimarkka, Jussi V. Koivisto, Erkki Hartikainen, Konrad Nielsen, Timo Soini, Olli Lounasmaa, Erkki Liikanen, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia Revival, Benjamin B. Rubinstein, Eero Tarasti, Nickey Iyambo, Ernst Evald Bergroth, Jakob Hurt, Thomas Wallgren, Tuija Brax, Pekka H m l inen, Gunnar Landtman, Moira von Wright, Juha Jokela, Peter Lindb ck. Excerpt: Tarja Kaarina Halonen (; born 24 December 1943) is the 11th and current President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency. In addition to her political career she had a long and extensive career in trade unions and different non-governmental organizations. Halonen is a graduate of the University of Helsinki, where she studied law from 1963 to 1968. She was active in student politics and served as the Social Affairs Secretary and Organization Secretary of the National Union of Students from 1969 to 1970. In 1971 she joined the Social Democratic Party and worked as a lawyer in the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions until she was elected to parliament in 1979. Halonen served in the parliament of Finland for six terms, from 1979 to 2000, representing the constituency of Helsinki. She also had a long career in the city council of Helsinki, serving there from 1977 to 1996. She started her campaign for the presidency at the beginning of 1999 after President Martti Ahtisaari announced that he would not stand for a second term in the office. She easily won her party's nomination, and eventually got 40% of the votes in the first r...