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Furman alum appointed Prime Minister of Finland


Last updated June 24, 2014

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Alexander Stubb, a 1993 Furman University graduate who formerly served as Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, was recently appointed Finnish prime minister. He and his government were sworn in June 24 at a ceremony held at the presidential palace in Helsinki.

Stubb succeeds former prime minister, Jyrki Katainen, who stepped down to pursue one of the European Union’s top jobs.

Stubb held his position as Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade since June 2011, and has been a member of the Finnish Parliament since March 2011. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland from 2008 to 2011, and Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2008.

Prior to his political career, Stubb was Adviser to the President of the European Commission, Visiting Professor of the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and Counsellor and Researcher at the Permanent Representation of Finland to the European Union.

Stubb graduated from Furman in 1993 with a degree in political science, and was awarded the Bradshaw-Feaster Medal for General Excellence as the top male graduate in the class. In addition to earning a Ph.D. in international politics from the London School of Economics, he has a M.A in political science from the College of Europe, Bruges, and a diploma on French language and society from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

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