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Sauli Väinämö Niinistö ((:ˈsɑuli ˈʋæinæmø ˈniːnistø), born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who became the 12th President of Finland in 2012. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003 and the National Coalition Party (NCP) candidate in the 2006 presidential election. He served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2007 to 2011 and has been the Honorary President of the European People's Party since 2002. Niinistö was the NCP candidate in the 2012 presidential election, beating Pekka Haavisto of the Green League with 62.6% of the vote in the decisive second round. Niinistö assumed office on 1 March 2012, and is the first president from the National Coalition Party since Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who left office in 1956. == Career == Niinistö was born in Salo. He ran his own law firm there before entering national politics. Niinistö served on the municipal council of Salo from 1977 to 1992 and was elected a Member of the Parliament of Finland from the district of Finland Proper in 1987. In 1994 he was chosen to lead the NCP as party chairman and subsequently became Justice Minister in Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet in 1995.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edustajamatrikkeli )〕 Switching portfolios, Niinistö became Finance Minister in 1996, continuing in Lipponen's second cabinet from 1999–2003. In both administrations, Niinistö was deputy Prime Minister to social democrat Lipponen. As Finance Minister, Niinistö was known for his strict fiscal policy. He was the first Finn to make a purchase with euros on 1 January 2002. Niinistö was urged by his party to stand for president in the 2000 election, but refused. He announced his gradual retirement from politics in 2001, although he has not done so. He was succeeded that year by Ville Itälä as party leader. Upon the end of his term as a cabinet minister in 2003, Niinistö went became vice-chairman of the board of directors at the European Investment Bank. In March 2005, Niinistö announced his candidacy for the Finnish Presidency. He represented NCP, challenging the incumbent President Tarja Halonen. He qualified for the second round runoff (as one of the top two candidates in the first round), held on 29 January 2006, but lost to Halonen. The costs of Niinistö's campaign were circa 2,225,000 euros, including 492,864 euros and 717,191 euros contributions from NCP. His financial declaration in 2006 was made more detailed in 2009 because of controversies.〔(Sauli Niinistö Vuoden 2006 presidentinvaalin vaalirahoitusilmoitus ) 30 March 2006, addition 18 September 2009〕〔Helsingin Sanomat 17 September 2009 A4〕〔 In 2006, Niinistö announced that he was standing again for the Finnish parliamentary election. He said, however, that he had no plans to take any high-ranking political job such as the prime ministership in the future.〔(Niinistö Will Not Seek Other High-Ranking Posts | News | YLE Uutiset ). yle.fi. Retrieved on 2 March 2012.〕 He received 60,498 votes in the 2007 elections,〔(Candidates elected Whole country ). 192.49.229.35. Retrieved on 2 March 2012.〕 a record in a Finnish parliamentary election and was about 50% more than the earlier record of Hertta Kuusinen.〔("?People of a special mould"? – Pirkko Kotila ). Kansanarkisto.fi. Retrieved on 2 March 2012.〕 After the 2007 election, Niinistö decided to accept the position of the Speaker of the Parliament. Niinistö negotiated the merger of the European Democrat Union (EDU) into the EPP in 2002 and became its Honorary President. Niinistö was elected as the president of the Football Association of Finland on 8 November 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sauli Niinistöstä Palloliiton puheenjohtaja )〕 replacing Pekka Hämäläinen. Niinistö is supportive of fiscal reforms to plug the country's deficit and make sure it retains its AAA credit rating. Niinistö was the NCP candidate for a second time in the 2012 presidential election. With 37.0% of the vote, he won the election's first round and faced off against Haavisto of the Green League in the decisive second round. He carried the second round with around 62.6% against Haavisto's 37.4%. Niinistö's margin of victory was larger than that of any previous directly elected president. He won a majority in 14 of 15 electoral districts. Niinistö's election budget was circa 1.2 million euros.〔(Niinistö keräsi toisella kierroksella yli 170 000 euroa – Sauli Niinistö – Politiikka ). HS.fi. Retrieved on 2 March 2012.〕 Niinistö pledged to establish a special task force aiming at preventing alienation among the country's youth and expressed concern about the problems of sparsely populated rural areas. Niinistö stressed the significance of mutual understanding with the cabinet and Parliament. His acceptance speech thanked those who backed him in the campaign and those who disagreed with him. Niinistö said that the differing views expressed should be taken into consideration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sauli Niinistö」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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