Ilkka Kanerva (2014-2016)

Ilkka Kanerva websiteIlkka Kanerva (Finland) served as President of the Assembly from July 2014 to July 2016. 

He is the first person to have served as both OSCE PA President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in the Organization's history.

First elected to his national legislature in 1975, Kanerva has held a wide variety of posts in government and parliament, including Minister of Transport, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and Chair of the Parliamentary Defence Committee. 

Kanerva has served as Head of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE PA, Vice-President of the Assembly, and as Co-Chair of the OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project.

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