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- One minute interview
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What are you reading?
I mostly read during holidays, but I always have a book on my bedside table. Right now it is ‘Lempi’ by the Finnish author Minna Rytisalo. It is a novel set in 1944 about the impact of war on Finland.
What is your favourite tool in the office?
My iPad.
What did you want to become when you were a child?
There were so many things – first I wanted to be a musician, then an actor. I play the piano and flute and I have been singing in a choir.
What is your hidden talent?
Washing. I like washing and cleaning. We have two apartments in Finland and a summer house, so there is a lot to keep on top of. And here too. This everyday kind of training is good. Hoovering is good exercise, she laughs.
- Facts
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- Mari Kiviniemi was born in 1968 and grew up in the village of Alavalli in Jalasjärvi, the daughter of a chicken farmer.
- She moved to Helsinki to study economy and got a Master's Degree in social science in 1994.
- She became an MP in 1995, and was a member of the Helsinki city council from 2005 to 2012.
- She has held several government ministerial posts, was party leader for the Center Party from 2010 to 2012 and Prime Minister from 2010 to 2011.
- In the 2011 parliamentary elections, the Centre party lost votes and Kiviniemi had to step down as Prime Minister.
- In 2014 she was elected Deputy Secretary-General for the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- From 2019 she will be the Managing Director for the Finnish Commerce Federation.
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