Pirjo Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen

Pirjo Anneli Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen[1] (born 25 March 1944) is a Finnish politician who was the minister of education in the fourth cabinet of prime minister Kalevi Sorsa from 1986 to 1987. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was also a member of the Finnish Parliament from 1979 to 1989.

Pirjo Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen
Photograph of Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
24 March 1979 – 30 April 1989
Minister of Education of Finland
In office
1 January 1986 – 30 April 1987
Personal details
Born (1944-03-25) 25 March 1944
Vihti, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic

Biography

Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was born on 25 March 1944 in Vihti, Finland.[2] She completed the matriculation exam in 1966 and attended the University of Tampere, receiving the Master of Arts degree in 1972. After graduating, Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen taught history and social studies at the Kiljava Institute, where she was a deputy principal from 1973 to 1975.[2][1] She was a member of the Ylöjärvi town council in 1973.[1] From 1975 to 1979, she worked at the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions as researcher and secretary of the organization's history committee.[2][1] She was elected to the city council of Vantaa in 1977, a position that she held until 1989.[1]

Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland from 24 March 1979 to 30 April 1989.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, she sat on the Education Committee from 1979 to 1986 and the Finance Committee from 1987 to 1989.[1] She has been described as being part of the SDP's left wing.[3] In 1986, after minister of education Kaarina Suonio resigned to become the deputy mayor of Tampere, Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was appointed by prime minister Kalevi Sorsa to fill the vacancy.[2] She was the education minister in Sorsa's fourth cabinet from 1 January 1986 to 30 April 1987, and focused on vocational schools during her time as minister.[2][4] Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was the Second Deputy Chair of the SDP between 1987 and 1990.[1]

In 1989, Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen left Parliament to become the mayor of Vantaa.[2] When the province of Eastern Finland was formed in 1997, she became its first and only governor until Finland's provinces were abolished in January 2010.[5][6][7]

Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen's first husband died of cancer in 1996. They had been married for 32 years.[8] In 2001, she married Kajaani mayor Pentti Hakulinen at Mikkeli Cathedral.[9] In 2012, she returned to the Vantaa city council.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Pirjo Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen" (in Finnish). Eduskunta Riksdagen. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. "Pirjo Ala-Kapee". Finnish Government. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. Arter, David (1980). "Social Democracy in a West European Outpost: The Case of the Finnish SDP". Polity. 12 (3): 363–387. doi:10.2307/3234212. JSTOR 3234212. S2CID 155503383. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. "Ministerin tiedot: Ala-Kapee, Pirjo Anneli" (in Finnish). Valtioneuvosto Statsrådet. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. "Ala-Kapee jää eläkkeelle". Yleisradio Oy (in Finnish). 3 December 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. Law, Gwillim (2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 9781476604473. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. "II VALTIONHALLINNOSTA MAAKUNTAHALLINTOON". Savon historia (in Finnish). Edita Publishing Oy. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. Kaikkonen, Raija (10 May 1997). "Kaupunginjohtaja Pirjo Ala-Kapee pani asiat tärkeysjärjestykseen Vantaan "häpeän" vuosina: Maine on vain maallista". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. Ollikainen, Marjo (8 January 2001). "Maaherra Ala-Kapee avioitui Mikkelissä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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