Sauli Niinisto
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish government official, 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.
