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Harri Hermanni Holkeri (born January 6, 1937 in Oripää) is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party of Finland (Kokoomus) who was Prime Minister of Finland 1987-1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000-2001 and headed UNMIK. The current head is Søren Jessen-Petersen. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Oripää (IPA: ) is a municipality of Finland. ...
The National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus or Samlingspartiet) is a political party in Finland. ...
The Prime Minister (Finnish Pääministeri, Swedish: Statsminister) is the head of government in Finland. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ...
United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The United Nations Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is an interim civilian administration of the Serbian province (as part of Serbia and Montenegro) called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), under the authority of the United Nations. ...
As a politician whose principles frequently overrode the calculations that might have made him a statesman of the highest calibre, Harri Holkeri is getting grudged recognition now that his career in domestic politics is over.
Party politics
Harri Holkeri was a member of a group of young Kokoomus politicians who sought to reform the party by restoring "confidential relations" with the Soviets and thus bring their party in from the cold. Kokoomus having not participated in government for decades, despite steadily high representation in the Parliament of Finland, due to being perceived as "governmentally unfit" (an euphemism for being sceptical about any contact with Soviets even in terms of their strategic interests). The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the Parliament of Finland. ...
Personality Harri Holkeri never was completely trusted by the Corporate leadership, due to his frugal lifestyle. A man who eschewed gas-guzzlers for a small fuel-economic car was not deemed a proper proponent of free markets and capitalism. This was a major handicap for him in intra-party politics, but, along with his character, won him good relations with politicians in other parties, and his eventual "dark horse" premiership.
Prime minister Rising to the post of prime minister as the first Kokoomus-leader in 43 years, his term in office was not considered to be particularly distinguished. The slouching economic conditions didn't leave much room to maneuvre for his incumbency.
His natural straightforward honesty often pitted him against the media. Serving during an incipient economic slump, one facetious reporter asked him, what his advice was for those who had trouble making ends meet. He replied that, like him, they should eat herring, a frugal source of nutrients. This was taken as a sign of callousness, though it was meant as an indication how modestly he himself lived. In the parliamentary elections of 1991, the "Holkeri Herring" was used very successfully by the Centre Party of Finland. Their posters showed an image of a rotten herring. Family Clupeidae This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
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Another time he was having a private moment at a street café, when a reporter stuck a microphone in his face, asking his opinion about the worsening unemployment situation, he expressed his pique at his privacy being invaded, by simply replying "I am drinking coffee now!"
It became a catchphrase for his whole incumbency. The Finnish political cartoonist Kari Suomalainen parodied the incident with a cartoon that showed two bums talking to each other on a park bench. One bum asked the other a question about welfare politics, and the other answered "I am drinking Koskenkorva now." An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is a artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. ...
Kari Suomalainen (October 15, 1920 - August 10, 1999) was Finlands most famous political cartoonist. ...
Bum can refer to several different things: // In U.K. slang the buttocks, mostly used by children and it is not offensive. ...
Koskenkorva Viina (also known simply as Koskenkorva, or Kossu) is the most common clear spirit drink in Finland, produced by the state-owned alcohol company Altia. ...
Harri Holkeri was member of the board of directors of the Bank of Finland 1978-1997, and candidate in the president elections of 1982 and 1988. The Bank of Finland, Helsinki, with the statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman in front. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The President of Finland (Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti; Republiken Finlands President) is the Head of State of Finland. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Legacy After leaving domestic politics, his personal qualities have paved the way into international positions of responsibility in which unwavering integrity are assets. He chaired the United Nations General Assembly, 2000-2001. United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
He also played an extremely constructive, even perhaps vital role in securing the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Most observers agree that coming from a neutral country he was the man on the George J. Mitchell led team that both sides trusted most. His efforts were rewarded by a honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 by the British and Irish Governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. ...
Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1...
A neutral country takes no side in a war between other parties, and in return hopes to avoid being attacked by either of them. ...
George John Mitchell, GBE (born August 20, 1933 in Waterville, Maine) is Chairman of the Walt Disney Company. ...
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and...
On his return from Northern Ireland Harri Holkeri got some payback for all the flack the media had shot at him. After the agreement had been reached following a grueling round-the-clock negotiation push, Harri Holkeri had enjoyed a "good bit of crack" (Irish idiom for fun, not drugs). When his plane landed at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, the inebriated and jolly Holkeri was confronted by an reporter with a filming crew. When the television station decided to run the footage where he was visibly drunk, the public antipathy fell heavily on the broadcasting company. After the hard effort, most people thought he deserved to unwind. It was widely and deeply thought that his privacy had been grossly violated.
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