What is Paavo Lipponen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Paavo Lipponen |image = Paavo Lipponen 2004.jpg | caption = Lipponen in 2004. |office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Finland|38th]] [[Prime Minister of Finland]] |president = [[Martti Ahtisaari]]<br />[[Tarja Halonen]] |deputy = [[Sauli Niinistö]]<br />[[Ville Itälä]] |term_start = 13 April 1995 |term_end = 17 April 2003 |predecessor = [[Esko Aho]] |successor = [[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] |office1 = [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Finnish Parliament]] |term_start1 = 22 April 2003 |term_end1 = 20 March 2007 |predecessor1 = [[Liisa Jaakonsaari]] {{Small|(Acting)}} |successor1 = [[Timo Kalli]] |term_start2 = 28 March 1995 |term_end2 = 19 April 1995 |predecessor2 = [[Riitta Uosukainen]] |successor2 = Riitta Uosukainen |birth_name = Paavo Tapio Lipponen |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|04|23|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Pello|Turtola]], [[Finland]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]] |spouse = Päivi Lipponen {{Small|(née Hiltunen)}} |alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]]<br />[[University of Helsinki]] |branch = [[Finnish Army]] |rank = [[Vääpeli|Staff Sergeant]] }} '''Paavo Tapio Lipponen''' ({{Audio|Fi-Paavo_Lipponen.ogg|pronunciation}}) (born 23 April 1941) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[politician]] and former [[Journalist|reporter]]. He was [[Prime Minister of Finland]] from 1995 to 2003,<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Matti Vanhanen|url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/marinin-hallitus/valtiovarainministeri|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|publisher=Valtioneuvosto}}{{dead link|date=December 2020|bot=Dlmarial|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and Chairman of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]] from 1993 to 2005. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipponen, Paavo}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of the European Council]] [[C