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Tarja Kaarina Halonen chairs the Presidential office in the Republic of Finland. The Finland President is the first women president of Finland and is the eleventh President to hold office since the independence of the country after World War II.
The Finland President is elected on a Social Democratic Party ticket. The President of Finland is known to be a person of strong left wing political views. Tarja Halonen strongly supports the concept of 'human rights' and promotes a pacifist culture in her speeches and political actions. Tarja Kaarina Halonen was born on 24 December in the year 1943. She is a well educated person and holds a Masters of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki. She cut her first political teeth when she was elected as the Social Affairs Secretary and General Secretary of the National Union of Students in Finland in 1969.
The Finland President was first elected to the Presidency in the year 2000. Tarja Halonen was re-elected to the Presidential office in 2006. She has an active social life and literary interests outside politics. She enjoys activities like theater and swimming. The President of Finland is also known to take a keen interest in art history. She is also a polyglot and is capable of communicating in a variety of languages including Finnish, German, Afrikaans, Russian, Estonian, Spanish, English and Swedish among others.
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