Pentti Arajärvi
Spouse of the President of Finland
In role
1 March 2000 – 1 March 2012
PresidentTarja Halonen
Preceded byEeva Ahtisaari
Succeeded byJenni Haukio
Personal details
Born (1948-06-02) 2 June 1948
Helsinki, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Finland
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
OccupationDoctor of Law
President Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi with US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on 2009 in New York.

Dr. Pentti Ilkka Olavi Arajärvi (born 2 June 1948, Helsinki) is a Finnish Doctor of Law, Professor Emeritus and Docent of the University of Helsinki,[1][2] a former civil service official and a Social Democratic politician from Helsinki.[3] Arajärvi was awarded the honorary title of valiokuntaneuvos ("Committee Counselor") for his work in parliamentary committees. He is the spouse of Tarja Halonen, who was the President of Finland between 2000 and 2012.

Arajärvi was elected to the Helsinki City Council in the 2012 municipal elections.

Personal life

On 26 August 2000, after a relationship of more than fifteen years, Arajärvi married his longtime partner, Tarja Halonen, who was at the time the President of Finland, in a civil ceremony at her official residence, Mäntyniemi. The couple has no children. Arajärvi has an adult son from a previous relationship.

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ↑ "Pentti Arajärvi kertoo IL:lle elämästään "maan ensimmäisenä miehenä" ja asumisesta Mäntyniemessä".
  2. ↑ "Professorit | Helsingin yliopisto". Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Pentti Arajärvi SDP:n eduskuntavaaliehdokkaaksi | Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. ↑ Icelandic Presidency Website (Icelandic), Order of the Falcon, Arajärvi, Pentti
  5. ↑ www.gouvernement.lu Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, State visit of President Tarja Halonen in Luxembourg in november 2008 (article in French with photos showing the decorations)
  • Pentti Arajärvi in the archived website of The President of the Republic of Finland


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