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Halonen, the main left-wing candidate and incumbent president, has further indicated that the president's powers should not be increased either, since it would, in her opinion, reduce the degree of democratic decision-making.
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Halonen and main
In 2004, Finnish President Tarja Halonen visited Nicaragua where she stated " The Finnish government and Parliament have decided that Nicaragua is one of the main targets of Finnish development aid.
In 1980 – 81 Halonen served as the chairman of SETA, the main LGBT rights organization in Finland.
A study analyzed newspaper articles and concluded that the main newspaper Helsingin Sanomat produced almost exclusively positive tone stories about Halonen and much more negative tone articles about candidates Niinistö, Vanhanen and Hautala.
In 1980 – 1981 Halonen served as the chairman of SETA ( Seksuaalinen Tasavertaisuus RY, Sexual Equality ), the main LGBT rights organization in Finland.
Halonen and left-wing
In a cohabitation situation as with Matti Vanhanen's recent second government right-wing government and left-wing President Tarja Halonen, there can be friction between government ministers and the president.
Halonen was a surprising candidate as she didn't represent many traditional values: She was known as a left-wing social democratic party member, who lived in a domestic partnership, was a single parent and had resigned from the national church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Halonen and candidate
Halonen announced in 1999 that she wished to stand as a candidate for President in the 2000 Presidential elections.
As the Centre Party candidate, Vanhanen challenged President Tarja Halonen in the 2006 Finnish presidential election.
Vanhanen expressed his support for Niinistö in the runoff election against his coalition partner's candidate Halonen.
SDP's winning candidate was Tarja Halonen.
Center Party's candidate Esko Aho qualified for the runoff, and was defeated by a one-percent margin in the runoff by Tarja Halonen.
As no candidate received more than half of the vote, a second round was held on 29 January between the two highest placed candidates from the first round, Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö.
File: Tarja Halonen 2003. jpg | Tarja Halonen candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, winner of 1st round with 46. 3 % of votes.
The Green League's candidate Heidi Hautala suggested that the President be completely stripped of all powers relating to foreign affairs and foreign policy, but this proposal met with fierce resistance from the three candidates of the largest parties – Tarja Halonen, Matti Vanhanen and Sauli Niinistö.
Halonen and incumbent
He qualified for the second round runoff as one of the top two candidates in the first round, but was defeated by the incumbent Tarja Halonen with 51. 8 % of the vote against his 48. 2 %.
He received 18. 6 % of the vote, coming third to the National Coalition Party's Sauli Niinistö ( 24. 1 %) and Social Democrat and incumbent Tarja Halonen ( 46. 3 %), and thus did not qualify for the runoff.
He represented the National Coalition Party, challenging the incumbent President Tarja Halonen.
Four Finnish presidents have lived there: Mauno Koivisto, Martti Ahtisaari, Tarja Halonen, and the incumbent Sauli Niinistö.
Tarja Halonen, the incumbent, won the final round by 3. 6 percentage points.
# Tarja Halonen ( Social Democratic Party ; also supported by the Left Alliance ); the current incumbent
Halonen and president
* February 6 – Tarja Halonen is elected the first female president of Finland.
In the past, Tuomioja has dated the former Finnish president Tarja Halonen.
On March 17, 2006, Finnish president Tarja Halonen signed the bill into law, effective as of March 27, 2006.
In 2007, Curson performed at Finland's Independence Day Ball at the invitation of president Tarja Halonen.
President Tarja Halonen was born in Kallio and lived there until her election as president in 2000.
They have since been followed by over two hundred other sculptures of fictional characters as well as famous persons such as president Tarja Halonen.
Halonen and has
It has been questioned whether President Tarja Halonen represented only Finland or the entire EU when she met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Halonen has opposed the use of landmines in Finnish military doctrine.
Halonen has defended cluster bombs and did not sign a treaty which would have banned Finland from using these kinds of weapons.
During the past 50 years, only once the President has not obeyed the Council of State consensus and Halonen was accused of cronyism.
Throughout her political career, Halonen has described herself as supporter of international solidarity.
Halonen has publicly supported SAK involvement in politics.
Today, the church accepts women as priests and Halonen has stated that she has no personal reason not to return to the church but refrains from doing so in order not to give a signal that might be misinterpreted.
Halonen and should
Passman and Halonen contended that the widespread occurrence of attachments to pacifiers as well as their importance as security objects should reassure parents that they are a normal part of development for a majority of infants.
Halonen and be
In 1987, Halonen was appointed by Prime Minister Harri Holkeri to be the Minister of Social Affairs and Health in the government, a position she held until 1990.
Halonen and since
The current Council of State, the 72nd since Finland's independence, was inaugurated by President Tarja Halonen on 22 June 2011.
Halonen and her
The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 until her election to the presidency.
Halonen is widely known for her interest in human rights issues.
Her mother Lyyli Elina Loimola was a set-dresser and her father Vieno Olavi Halonen worked as a welder.
After the war the couple decided to get a divorce, and in 1950 Lyyli Halonen married her new husband Thure Forss, who worked as an electrician and was very active in the working-class community.
Halonen later said that her mother was a true survivor, always an extremely active and resilient person who valued good, honest and modest hardworking people.
In the second round, Halonen narrowly defeated her opponent with 51. 6 % against 48. 4 % thus becoming Finland's first female President.
On 20 May 2005, Halonen held a press conference in Mäntyniemi where she announced her willingness to run for a second term.
American talk show host Conan O ' Brien made recurring jokes about Halonen on his show, Late Night with Conan O ' Brien, because of his own resemblance to her.
He endorsed Halonen and produced humorous mock campaign ads and attack ads against her opponents.
Early in her political career Halonen represented the far left wing of her former party ( Social Democrat ).
Halonen and her husband Pentti Arajärvi | Dr. Pentti Arajärvi in 2003.
President Halonen says her interests include art history, the theatre and swimming.
On 26 August 2000, President Halonen married her longtime partner, Dr. Pentti Arajärvi, in a civil ceremony at her official residence, Mäntyniemi, after a relationship of more than fifteen years.
Autti attended the event with Mattila, where they met the President, Tarja Halonen — who was re-elected for a second term on January 29, 2006 — and her husband Pentti Arajävi.
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