Stefan Wallin
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| Stefan Wallin | |
 Stefan Wallin in 2006
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| Born | June 1, 1967 Vaasa |
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| Education | Master of Social Sciences |
| Title | Minister for Culture and Sports |
| Predecessor | Jan-Erik Enestam |
| Political party | Swedish People's Party |
Stefan Erik Wallin (born June 1, 1967) is a Finland-Swedish politician. He is currently Finland's Minister for Culture and Sports in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet.
Wallin was born in Vaasa and studied at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku, where he graduated with a Master's Degree in Social Sciences. He worked as a reporter for the newspaper Vasabladet from 1989 to 1993 before acting as a research assistant for the Swedish People's Party. He served as a Special Adviser successively to the Ministers of Transport, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, Interior, and Defence from 1994 to 2000.
He was Deputy Editor-in-Chief and a leader writer for the newspaper Åbo Underrättelser from 2000 to 2005. He then served as State Secretary to the Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2007.
Wallin was appointed Minister of the Environment and Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs responsible for Nordic Cooperation by President Tarja Halonen on December 29, 2006. He succeeded Jan-Erik Enestam, who was also Wallin's predecessor as chairman of the Swedish People's Party.
| Preceded by Jan-Erik Enestam |
Minister for Environment (Finland) 2007 |
Succeeded by Paula Lehtomäki |
| Preceded by Tanja Saarela |
Minister for Culture and Sports (Finland) 2007- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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