Anu Vehviläinen

Personal details

Minister of Local Government and Public Reform, 29 May 2015 to present

Master of Arts, Member of Parliament
Centre Party of Finland
Date and place of birth: 9 September 1963, Leppävirta
Place of residence: Joensuu

Political career

Minister of Local Government and Public Reform, 29 May 2015 to present
Minister of Transport (Kiviniemi), 22 June 2010–21 June 2011
Minister of Transport (Vanhanen II), 19 April 2007–21 June 2010

Centre Party, Vice Chair, 2014 to present
Centre Party, Board of Directors, 1989–1991, 1995–1999, 2002–2003; Vice Chair 2014 to present
Centre Party Executive Committee, Political Committee, Chair 2004–2006
Centre Student Union, Vice Chair 1989, Chair 1989

Member of Parliament 1995–2003, 2007–
Parliament work

Regional Council of Northern Karelia, Member 2005–2007
Youth Strategy Working Group in Northern Karelia, Member 2003–2005
Follow-up Group to the Northern Karelia Environment Programme, Chair 2002–2006
Regional Council of North Karelia, Cultural Cluster Working Group, Chair 1999–2001
Regional Council of North Karelia, Board Member 1997–2001, 2005–2006
North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium, Board Member 1994-1997

Joensuu Local Council, Member 1993–2012
City of Joensuu, Cultural and Youth Committee, Member 1988–1992
Joensuu Local Executive, 2nd Vice Chair 2005–2007

Other work experience and societal responsibilities

Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Northern Karelia District, Executive Director 2003-2005
Joensuun Röntgen Oy, Managing Director 2003–2004
Vierailuteatteri Theatre, Secretary 1994
Information Officer for the presidential campaign of Paavo Väyrynen (Doctor of Social Science) 1993–1994
Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Väyrynen) 1991–1993
Union of Rural Education, acting Secretary for Cultural Affairs 1986

Parliamentary Committee on the Structure of the Central Administration Reform  Project (KEHU), Member 2014–2015
Press Support Board, Member 2006
Advisory Council for Early Childhood Education, Permanent Expert 2005–2006
Parliamentary Security 2004 Monitoring Group, Member 2002–2003
Parliamentary Advisory Council on Police Matters, Member 1999–2000
Parliamentary Working Group for the Development of the Matriculation Examination, Member 1999-2000

Finland Post Corporation, Supervisory Board, Member 2004–2006
Finnvera Plc, Supervisory Board, Member 2000–2004
VR Group Ltd, Supervisory Board, Member 1995-2000

Finnish Slot Machine Association, Board of Directors, 2013–2015
Local Government Pensions Institution, Board of Directors, Member 2004–2007
SOK Group in North Karelia, Board of Representatives, Member 2004–2007
Joensuu OP Bank, Board of Representatives, Member 2004–2007
Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Strategy Group, Member 2004–2005
Central Association of Carers in Finland, Board of Directors, Vice Chair, 2003–2007
JOSEK Oy, Board of Directors, Member 2003–2005
Karellikeskus Oy, Board of Directors, Member 2003–2005
Central Association of Carers in Finland, Board of Directors, Member 1999
Energy Policy Council, Member 1995–1999
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Board of Directors, Member 1993–2001
Union of Rural Education, Board and Working Committee, Member 1989–1993
Youth Union of the Centre Party, Chair 1989-1991

Publications

Hyvästi 60-luku: johdatus 90-luvun sukupolviajatteluun (Goodbye the 1960s: introduction to the thinking of the 1990s generation, edited by Visa Noronen) 1995
& al: 10 käskyä Arkadianmäeltä (Ten commandments from Arkadianmäki) 2000
& al: Kotalahti ajanvirrassa (Kotalahti in the stream of times) 2002

Other information

One child
Language skills: English and Swedish