Matti Ahde

Matti Allan Ahde (23 December 1945, Oulu – 20 December 2019, Helsinki) wis a Finnish politeecian frae the Social Democratic Pairty.

He wis member o the pairlament frae 1970 tae 1990, when he left tae become CEO o state monopoly Veikkaus. Ahde hauld meenister posts in Sorsa cabinets 1982-1987 an wis electit tae the position o the speaker o the pairlament in 1987. He wis replacit as the speaker bi Kalevi Sorsa in 1989 when Sorsa stepped doun frae Holkeri cabinet tae mak position available for pairty chairman Pertti Paasio. 

Ahde quit as CEO o Veikkaus in 2001 an wis re-electit tae the pairlament in 2003.

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