Jyrki Katainen

Jyrki Katainen  link Wikiquote (Politician)
Born	Jyrki Tapani Katainen 14 October 1971 Siilinjärvi, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Alma mater	University of Tampere,University of Leicester
Children	2
Spouse	Mervi Kuittinen
Party	National Coalition Party
Triple Bilderberger Finnish PM and favorite of the financial system. Wants neutral Finland to join NATO. Later EU Commissioner.

Jyrki Tapani Katainen is a Finnish politician who was the European Commission's Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness from 2014 until 2019. Katainen was previously Prime Minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and chairman of the National Coalition Party from 2004 to 2014. He was succeeded by Alexander Stubb as chairman of Finland's National Coalition Party. After stepping down as Prime Minister, Katainen was elected as European Commission Vice-President in July 2014.

He was selected a Young Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2003 and 2005. At the end of 2008, the Financial Times named him the best finance minister in Europe.

Minister of Finance

While serving as Minister of Finance, Katainen participated in several meetings of the Bilderberg Group. In 2010, Paavo Arhinmäki, Chairman of the Left Alliance, submitted a written question to Parliament on Katainen's Bilderberg connections and demanded to know if Minister of Finance Katainen was representing Finland at the Bilderberg meeting. The government replied that he was not Finland's representative, but an invited expert and influencer.

Immigration

In 2008, Katainen estimated that Finland (population 5 million) would need 1.8 million immigrants by 2025 if the labor shortage were to be solved only with replacement labor.

According to Katainen's blog from 2013, there was hope in the future for Finland's economy. For example, he highlighted Google’s investment of about 800 million Euros in Hamina, Russian data center Yandex’s investment in Mäntsälä and Microsoft’s plans for investing about 250 million in Finland. But he noted that Finland was still losing more jobs than those that were being created.

NATO

After taking over the leadership of the Coalition Party in 2004, Katainen stated that Finland's accession to NATO would be a logical extension of Finland's current line and considered the membership debate to be current after the 2007 parliamentary elections.

In 2005, Katainen's views on NATO in the fight against terrorism provoked criticism when he considered NATO membership to have become increasingly important in the wake of some recent terrorist attacks. Katainen's statements were disputed by Paavo Selin, head of the Counter-Terrorism Unit at the Security Police, who was later forcibly removed from office.

In 2013, Katainen again called for an "open and passionate" NATO debate in Finland in the coming years.

Prime Minister

In the April 2011 parliamentary elections, the National Coalition Party became the largest party in Parliament. Following government negotiations, he was elected Prime Minister of the incoming government.

As PM, he supported the big EU countries in the 'bailout' for Greece.

Katainen believes that the EU must agree on strict climate targets and be at the forefront of this issue.

Katainen approved the sale of Fortum's electricity networks in 2013. In the giant transaction, Fortum's Finnish electricity network was transferred to Caruna Oy, which is owned by international investment companies.

On October 22, 2012, Katainen was attacked by a knife-wielding man, who was immediately arrested by Katainen's security guards. Katainen was not injured in the incident.

In 2014, Katainen was proposed as EU Commissioner and member of the Juncker Commission. On 14 June 2014, he handed over the leadership of the National Coalition Party to Alexander Stubb. He resigned as Prime Minister of Finland on 24 June 2014, to become Finland's EU Commissioner and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the Juncker Commission.