Jyri Häkämies

Jyri Häkämies ( born August 30, 1961 in Kotka ) is a Finnish minister.

Life

Häkämies was in the military and made a Unsiversitätsabschluss in political science. Between 1989 and 1994 he worked in establishments of the Sanoma Group as a speaker and sales manager, where he also was a member of a Supervisory Board from time to time. He then became Chairman of Chamber of Commerce. He joined the National Coalition Party and was 2006/2007 whose chairman.

Since 1999 he has been Member of Parliament. From 2003 to 2006 he was also Vice- President of the European People's Party. Since 2005, he sits on the city council of Kotka. In 2007 he was Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Vanhanen II Since he was until 2011 and at times simultaneously Kanzleramtsmminister. He is currently the Minister of Economic Affairs.

During his tenure, the start of a great charging station for electric cars falls in 2011.

With his wife, he has two children.

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