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Place of Birth: Oulu, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Matti Ahde
- Matti Allan Ahde (born 23 December 1945) is a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party. Ahde was born in Oulu.
- He was a member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of state monopoly Veikkaus.
- Ahde held minister posts in Sorsa cabinets 1982-1987 and was elected to the position of the Speaker of the Parliament in 1987.
- He was replaced as the speaker by Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped down from Holkeri cabinet to make position available for party chairman Pertti Paasio.
- Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.
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