About Leena Luhtanen
Born 1941. Leena Luhtanen is a Finnish politician.
Leena Luhtanen (née Nikulainen; born 12 February 1941) is a Finnish politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007.
She served as the minister of transport and communications in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet from 2003 to 2005, and thereafter as the minister of justice until the parliamentary elections of 2007. She was not re-elected.
Luhtanen was born in Kuopio, and has been a member of Espoo city council since 1985.
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Leena Luhtanen was born on 12 February 1941 in Kuopio.
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