Editing Tarja Halonen (section)

==Positions==
*Member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] 1971–2000
*Vice-President of the [[East Germany|GDR]] Recognition Committee 1972–1973
*Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary 1974–1975
*Member of Helsinki City Council 1977–1996
*Member of [[Parliament of Finland|Parliament]] (Helsinki constituency) 1979–2000
*Member of the Parliamentary Social Affairs Committee 1979–1986 (chair 1985–1986)
*Deputy member of the Parliamentary Commerce Committee 1979–1982
*Presidential elector 1979–1986
*Member of the Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland 1980–1984
*Deputy member, Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee 1982–1986
*Minister of Social Affairs and Health 1987–1990
*Minister of Nordic Cooperation 1989–1991
*[[Minister of Justice (Finland)|Minister of Justice]] 1990–1991
*Member and vice chair of the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee 1991–1995
*Chairperson of the [[National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs]] 1993–1995
*Member of the Parliamentary Grand Committee 1993–1995 (chair 1995)
*[[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] 1995–2000
*[[President of Finland]] 2000–2012