What is Ilkka Kanerva?
[[File:Ilkka Kanerva speaks to the press at a polling station in Kyiv on 31 March 2019 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva''' (28 January 1948 – 14 April 2022) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Finland]] from 1975 until 2022. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of [[Uusikaupunki]], [[Finland]]. Kanerva was [[Deputy Prime Minister of Finland]] for a few months in 1991. Kanerva was the [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 2007 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/?contentid=41366&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI |title=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland – Ministers of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Valtioneuvosto.fi |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073918/http://formin.finland.fi/public/?contentid=41366&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kanerva was a member of the [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]]. Kanerva was the [[Minister of Employment (Finland)|Minister of Labour]] from 1975 until 2022. Kanerva died after a short-illness in [[Turku]], Finland on 14 April 2022 at the age of 74.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2022 |title=Kansanedustaja Ilkka Kanerva on kuollut |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12406911 |access-date=14 April 2022 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanerva, Ilkka}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland]] {{bio-stub}}