Thread: Tsunami Survivor New Finnish President

Tsunami Survivor New Finnish President
06 February 2012

With 62.6 percent of the vote the Conservative front-runner, Sauli Niinistö, was Sunday elected for the 12th President of Finland. The new president has had a life marked by ups and downs. In 1995 he lost his wife in a car accident, and, as we wrote on Thursday, in 2004 Niinistö managed to survive the tsunami in Thailand as he, in collaboration with his son, clinging to a tree while the tsunami raged.

The 63 years old attorney, who has a background as Vice President of the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, created a name for himself as Finance Minister from 1993 to 2006. During the election campaign, he profiled himself as a people’s man, and he even expressed remorse over some of his previous decisions as a Minister, but according to the Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, it is his reputation as a financial responsible Politician that has made him popular among the Finish people.

The choice of the conservative politician marks a break with the Socialists Party, who had the presidency for the last 30 years, the last 12 years represented by Tarja Halonen.

scandasia.com

There you go SandMike, Prime Minister for you next.