Kari Rajamäki

Kari Rajamäki

Rajamäki in 2007
Minister of the Interior
In office
17 April 2003  19 April 2007
Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Matti Vanhanen
Preceded by Ville Itälä
Succeeded by Anne Holmlund
Personal details
Born (1948-10-15) 15 October 1948
Anjala, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Political party Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Leena Kristiina Rajamäki
Website www.karirajamaki.fi/

Kari Juhani Rajamäki (born 15 October 1948, in Anjala) is a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party and a former Minister of the Interior.[1]

Rajamäki has been MP since 1983 and represents Southern Savonia. Before he became a minister he was profiled in public by demanding more funds for road construction projects.

Rajamäki was the Minister of the Interior of Finland in Jäätteenmäki and Vanhanen cabinets from 2003 to 2007. During his term in office he actively contributed to get more funding for police and handling visa grants.

In municipal politics, Rajamäki has been a member of Varkaus town council since 1973.

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