anneli tuulikki jäätteenmäki (born 11 february 1955) is a finnish politician. she was the first female prime minister of finland from 17 april 2003 to 24 june 2003. from 2004 to 2019, she was a member of the european parliament (mep) from finland. she was the chairwoman of the centre party of finland from 18 june 2000 to 5 october 2003. in 2003, jäätteenmäki was the speaker of the parliament of finland.