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satu hassi

satu maijastiina hassi -lrb- born 3 june 1951 -rrb- is a finnish politician , and member of the european parliament for the green league .
she served as the minister of environment and development co-operation in paavo lipponen 's second cabinet between 15 april 1999 and 31 may 2002 .
in accordance with her party 's position on the issue , she quit the cabinet in protest of the government 's decision to build a fifth nuclear power plant in finland .
hassi served as the leader of her party between 1999 and 2001 .
she was a member of the national parliament from 1991 to 2004 ; she left the parliament when she was elected to the european parliament as the sole finnish green representative in the 2004 election .
in the european parliament she is currently the coordinator of the greens/efa parliamentary group in the committee on the environment , public health and food safety and a vice member of the committee on industry , research and energy .
hassi was previously a taistoist , a pro-soviet member of the communist party in the 1970s .
she has a licentiate in technology , has worked as an engineer in a power company and taught at tampere university of technology .
she has published three novels , a collection of poems and several essays .
she has also been co-author of a series of physics books for high school students .
hassi is a member of the board of directors of the worldwatch institute and a vice chairperson of the parliamentary network globe eu .
she has been granted the golden peacock global award for environmental leadership , hart world refining fuels policy award and the international award for outstanding contribution for environment of the priyadarshni academy .
hassi has recovered from breast cancer .
