Matti Vanhala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bank of Finland governor (1998-2004)
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Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
About Matti Vanhala
- Erkki Matti Vanhala (born 31 January 1946 in Helsinki, died 29 September 2004) was an influential Finnish economist.
- He was Governor of the Bank of Finland from June 1998 until the end of March 2004.Vanhala graduated in political science.
- He worked from 1968 to 1970 in the Ministry of Finance, and started as a researcher in the Bank of Finland in 1970.
- In 1998 he succeeded Sirkka Hämäläinen as the Governor of Bank of Finland and also as a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.In 1999 he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
- He was twice on leave due to the prolonged illness.
- He retired in April 2004. Matti Vanhala died on 29 September 2004 after a long illness.
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