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Mr. Pär Stenbäck
Minister (Hon.)
Pär Olav Mikael Stenbäck, born August 12, 1941 at Borgå (Porvoo), Finland
Master of Political Science, Helsinki University
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General career: |
2016- Board of Trustees, Brazzaville Foundation 2013- Member and Vice Chair, UWC International Council 2012- Advisor (informal), International Association of Language Commissioners IALC 2012- Chairman, UWC Red Cross Nordic Council 2008- Board member ICTI Care Foundation 2001- President European Cultural Parliament ECP 1995- Board member, International Crisis Group ICG
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2011-15 |
Member, Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Cresent Movement |
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Member, Honory Committee, Baltic Network of Former Cold War Sites |
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| 2012- |
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Children and Youth Foundation, www.nuori.fi |
| 2010-16 |
Board Member, Esperi Care Ltd, Helsingi |
| 2007-2013 |
Independent Monitor, International Red Cross and Red Cresent Movement, Israel-Palestine (MDA-PRCS) |
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2005-2008 |
Elected member of Esbo City Council |
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1997-2006 |
Vice President, International Youth Foundation ( Baltimore ) |
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1998-2001 |
Chairman, Joint Norwegian-Swedish Commission preparing a new Reindeer Grazing Convention |
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1996-2001 |
President, Foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland |
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1996-1999 |
President, Finnish Red Cross |
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1992-1996 |
Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers ( Copenhagen , Denmark) |
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1988-1992 |
Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ( Geneva , Switzerland) |
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1985-1988 |
Secretary General, Finnish Red Cross |
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1982-1983 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland |
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1979-1982 |
Minister of Education, Finland |
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1974-1985 |
Managing Director, Hanaholmen Center for Cultural Cooperation between Sweden and Finland ( Esbo, Finland) |
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1970-1985 |
Member of Parliament, Finland |
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1962-1968 |
Editor, Finnish Broadcasting Corporation |
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| 2010-2012 |
Chairman, Helsinki University Delegation for Swedish education |
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2006-2009 |
Council member, Inter-faith Action for Peace in Africa |
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2004-2015 |
Member, Board of Trustees, Foundation for CSR, Poland |
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2002- |
Chairman of the Senate, European Culture Parliament
www.kulturparlament.com |
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2001-2008 |
Trustee, Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung ( Berlin)www.dkjs.de |
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2001-2012 |
Chairman, Finnish Children and Youth Foundation
www.nuori.fi |
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1999- |
Board member, A.J. Sandman Fisheries Foundation |
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1993-2010 |
Board Member, Foundation for Cultural Co-operation between Sweden and Finland, Chairman 2005-10
www.kulturfonden.net |
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1988-2012 |
Board of Trustees, Åbo Akademi University Foundation |
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| 2005-2008 |
Board Member, Finnish Church Aid |
| 1994-2008 |
Board Member, Nordic Baltic Film Fund |
| 2003-2007 |
Board Member, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission |
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2005 |
Permanent expert, Commission for Investigation, Asia disaster |
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2003-2006 |
Elected Member, Esbo Evangelical Lutheran Parish Council |
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2001-2006 |
Executive Board Member, Mehiläinen Private Hospital Corp. |
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2001-2006 |
Member of the Board, Finnish Institute of Sweden, Stockholm |
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1999-2006 |
Vice Chairman, European Union Committee of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) |
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Regular columns in the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet since 2004.
Honorary title ”Minister” bestowed by the President of the Republic, 1999.
Honorary Doctor, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, 2000. Gold Medal, The Swedish Assembly of Finland, 2014. - Grand Cross: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Venezuela,
- Commander, Order of the Lion, Order of the White Rose, Finland
- Holy St Vladimir Cross, Russian Orthodox Church
- Commander of the Ordre de Santé, Cote d´Ivoire
- Red Cross decorations from eleven countries |
