Seppo Kääriäinen

Seppo Arimo Kääriäinen (born 29 March 1948 in Iisalmen maalaiskunta) is a Finnish politician of the Centre Party^[1] and Doctor in Social Sciences. He served as the Minister of Defence of Finland^[2] between from 24 June 2003 to 19 April 2007.^[3] He has been MP since 1987 and was Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993–1995.^[4] He also served as the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland.^[5]

Political offices
Preceded by Matti Vanhanen	Minister of Defence (Finland) 2003-2007	Succeeded by Jyri Häkämies

Seppo Kääriäinen.