Henrik Lax
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Henrik Lax is a Finnish
politician
and former
Member of the European Parliament
with the Swedish People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
and sat on the European Parliament
's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
.
Lax was a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Moldova
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Lax was the Swedish People's Party's candidate in the 2006 presidential election
. He finished 7th out of the 8 candidates, with a vote share of 1.6% (48,703 votes). After the first round, he joined the other centre-right candidates in expressing his support for Sauli Niinistö
in the runoff election between Niinistö and Tarja Halonen
.
Lax has argued that Finland would be better off if it sought membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He has argued that the time is now, and the option would not be available if the current peaceful situation changed.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland)
Politics of Finland
Politics of Finland takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic and of a multi-party system. The President of Finland is the head of state, leads the foreign policy, and is the Commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces. The Prime Minister of Finland is the head...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and former
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
with the Swedish People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
and sat on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs is a standing committee of the European Parliament.-External links:*...
.
Lax was a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 68 members and a secretariat of 10 administrators. Its chairman is...
, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Lax was the Swedish People's Party's candidate in the 2006 presidential election
Finnish presidential election, 2006
The Finnish Presidential election of 2006 saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term.The first round of voting in Finnish presidential elections always takes place on the third Sunday of January, in this case 15 January 2006...
. He finished 7th out of the 8 candidates, with a vote share of 1.6% (48,703 votes). After the first round, he joined the other centre-right candidates in expressing his support for Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician from National Coalition Party. He is also President of the Football Association of Finland. A lawyer by training, he was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003 and the National Coalition Party candidate in the 2006 presidential election...
in the runoff election between Niinistö and Tarja Halonen
Tarja Halonen
Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the incumbent President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency...
.
Lax has argued that Finland would be better off if it sought membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He has argued that the time is now, and the option would not be available if the current peaceful situation changed.
Education
- 1967: English and comparative law, City of London College
- 1969: DegreeAcademic degreeAn academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
in lawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
from Helsinki University - 1972: Deputy district judge
- 1973: Degree in economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Hanken School of Economics in HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... - 1980: Management, Institute of Leadership, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
Career
- 1969-1971: Research assistant with the national social science commission
- 1969-1972: Court practice, lawyer and prosecution
- 1971-1973: Industry's committee on taxation, legal expert and secretary
- 1973-1987: Oy Tampella Ab
- legal expert, board and management secretary
- head of subsidiary management
- head of textile industry's tarpaulin sector
- assistant director responsible for Group information activities and management training
- since 1988: Governing board of life insurance company Suomi
- since 1995: Governing board of Alko
- Chairman of the Board of Celemi, Finland (learning solutions and projects for changeChange managementChange management is a structured approach to shifting/transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. It is an organizational process aimed at helping employees to accept and embrace changes in their current business environment....
in large corporate organisations) - 1987-2004: Member of Finnish Parliament for the Swedish People's Party
- 1991-2003: Chairman of Committee on Civil Law
- 1995-2004: Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary group
- 2000-2004: Member of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000, 2002,-2003)
- 2003-2004: Member of the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution
- 2002-2004: Member of the monitoring group on security policy set up by Prime Minister Paavo LipponenPaavo LipponenPaavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005...
- 1993-2005: Chairman of the Swedish Assembly of Finland
- Military rank: Captain
- Officer corps, French Legion of Honour
- KnightKnightA knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
First Class of the Order of the White RoseOrder of the White RoseThe Order of the White Rose of Finland is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, and the Order of the Lion of Finland. The President of Finland is the Grand Master of all three orders. The orders are administered by boards consisting of a chancellor,...
of Finland
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland)
European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Finland was the election of MEP representing Finland constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13...