What is Ilkka Suominen?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = Ministeri (Minister) |name = Ilkka Suominen |image = Ilkka Suominen.jpg |office1 = [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland]] |term_start1 = 2 April 1987 |term_end1 = 5 May 1987 |predecessor1 = [[Erkki Pystynen]] |successor1 = [[Matti Ahde]] |term_start2 = 30 April 1991 |term_end2 = 6 February 1993 |predecessor2 = [[Esko Aho]] |successor2 = [[Riitta Uosukainen]] | office3 = President of the [[Nordic Council]] | term_start3 = 1992 | term_end3 = 1992 | predecessor3 = [[Anker Jørgensen]] | successor3 = [[Jan P. Syse]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|8|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Nakkila]], Finland |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|23|1939|4|8|df=y}} |death_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland |party = [[National Coalition Party]] |spouse = Riitta Suominen |alma_mater = }} '''Ilkka Olavi Suominen''' (8 April 1939 &ndash; 23 May 2022) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician. He was a member of the [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]]. He was President of the [[Nordic Council]] in 1992. In 1987, he was the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland]]. He was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1994. He held the position of [[Minister of Trade and Industry (Finland)|minister of trade and industry]] in [[Harri Holkeri|Holkeri]] cabinet 1987-1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/6|title=Finnish Government - Ministers of Trade and Industry|publisher=Valtioneuvosto.fi|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142310/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/6|url-status=dead}}</ref> Suominen left parliament to become CEO of state monopoly [[Alko]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/273.aspx|title=Edustajamatrikkeli|publisher = Eduskunta}}</ref> He w