Jan-Erik Enestam (born 12 March 1947 in

Västanfjärd Västanfjärd is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the provinces of Finl ...

) is a Finnish politician from the

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. He served as

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

from 1999 to 2003 under Prime Minister

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and

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under Prime Ministers

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and

Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journali ...

from 2003 to 2006. Enestam was the Municipal Director of Västanfjärd between 1978 and 1983 and a Project Chief at the

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during the period 1983–1991. He was a member of Finland's parliament, the

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, from 1991 until 2007 and a member of the government between 1995 and 2006 in various posts. He led the

from 1998 until 2006. He was succeeded by

Stefan Wallin Stefan Erik Wallin (born 1 June 1967 in Vaasa) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. He was Finland's Minister of Culture and Sport in Matti Vanhanen's cabinet 2007–2011, Minister of Defence in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet 2011–2012 and a ...

as leader at the beginning of 2007.

Career

Some previous posts he has held are: *Government of

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, Head of Office, 1974–1978 *Municipality of Västanfjärd, Municipal Manager, 1978–1983 *

, Project Manager for Archipelago Cooperation, 1983–1991 *Municipal Council of Västänfjärd, Chairperson, 1989–1996 *Special Adviser to the Minister of Defence, 1990–1991 *Member of Parliament, 1991 onwards *

, from 2 January 1995 to 13 April 1995 *Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (equality affairs), from 2 January 1995 to 13 April 1995 *

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

, from 13 April 1995 to 15 April 1999 *Party leader of the

, 1998–2006 *

, from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003 *Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Nordic cooperation and cooperation with the neighbouring regions), from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003 * Minister of Environment from 17 April 2003 to 1 January 2007 *Director of the Secretariat of the

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from 1 August 2007 – 2013

Personal life

Enestam earned a degree from the

Åbo Akademi Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while the metropolitan area ...

University in

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. He was married to Solveig V. Dahlqvist in 1979 and has three children.

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