Pekka Haavisto

Pekka Haavisto
Haavisto in 2023
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2007
In office 21 March 1987 – 23 March 1995
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 6 June 2019 – 20 June 2023
Prime Minister	Antti Rinne Sanna Marin
Preceded by	Timo Soini
Succeeded by	Elina Valtonen
Minister of the Environment
In office 13 April 1995 – 15 April 1999
Prime Minister	Paavo Lipponen
Preceded by	Sirpa Pietikäinen
Succeeded by	Satu Hassi
Minister for International Development
In office 11 October 2013 – 26 September 2014
Prime Minister	Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb
Preceded by	Heidi Hautala
Succeeded by	Sirpa Paatero
Personal details
Born	Pekka Olavi Haavisto (1958-03-23) 23 March 1958 (age 66) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Political party	Green League
Domestic partner	Nexar Antonio Flores (2002–present)
Residence	Helsinki
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.pekkahaavisto.com

Pekka Olavi Haavisto (Finnish pronunciation: [pekːɑ olɑʋi hɑːʋisto]; born 23 March 1958) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023.

Haavisto returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of March 2007 after an absence of 12 years and was re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Between April 1995 and April 1999 he was the Minister of Environment in the Lipponen I Cabinet. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Minister for International Development after Heidi Hautala resigned from the job. He has also been a member of the Helsinki City Council.

Haavisto finished second in the Finnish presidential elections in 2012, 2018 and 2024; twice to Sauli Niinistö and finally to Alexander Stubb. Haavisto became the first openly gay candidate to run for the presidency of Finland.