This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”
Who in France knows Petteri Orpo?
If some remember the singular beauty of former Prime Minister Sanna Marin, few, apart from a few specialists in European politics, can put a name to the face of the man who succeeded her.
However, in a few months, Petteri Orpo, 54, has become both the lock and the key to Finnish parliamentary power.
Coming from the same political group, the National Coalition Party (Kok), as Alexander Stubb, the new president recently elected at the head of the country on February 11, the current Prime Minister is an outstanding maneuverer.
A pure product of the system, holding a master's degree in political science, he was first secretary general of the students' union between 1994 and 1996, before climbing the ranks of the Kok one by one, until his election to Parliament, in 2007, then upon his entry into government in 2015. In turn Minister of Agriculture…
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