Olli rehn biography

Finnish politician

Olli Ilmari Rehn (pronounced[ˈolːiˈreːn]^ⓘ; born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014, and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016.^[1] Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024, but was not elected.

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Early life and education

Born in Mikkeli in Eastern Finland, Rehn studied economics, international relations, and journalism at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. He gained a master's degree in political science from the University of Helsinki in 1989, and a D.Phil.

from St. Antony's College, Oxford in 1996 on the subject of "Corporatism and Industrial Competitiven Olli Rehn: Brussels strongman and central banker - Yle XOKY