Iiro Viinanen is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 politician. He was a Member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta)

Parliament of Finland

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 from 1983 to 1996. His political party was National Coalition Party

National Coalition Party (Finland)

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. He served as the Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (Finland)

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 from 1991 to 1996.

During his term as a Minister, Finland went through its worst recession in history. As the Minister of Finance in Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Finland

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 Esko Aho's cabinet he led strict budget discipline. He stated that unless budget is cut, Finland can no longer borrow money from foreign countries. Reactions towards his actions caused either strong approval or strong disapproval. Some felt he saved the treasury and some felt he ruined the Finnish welfare state.

In 1996 he was elected to the CEO of insurance company Pohjola. At the end of the 1990s he was also member of the board of Nokia

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

, Kone

KONE

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, UPM-Kymmene, YIT

YIT

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, Finnair

Finnair

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, and Orion

Orion Corporation

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. He served as a vice chairman of Nokia from 1996 to 2000.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...

in 2000, forcing him to retire.