Pertti Salolainen

CBE (born 19 October 1940) is a Finnish politician. He has served as MP from the National Coalition Party (1970–1996, 2007–2019) and party chairman (1991–1994) and Minister (1987–1995).

Salolainen worked before the MP career in Finnish Broadcasting Company between 1962 and 1969 as a journalist and producer. Between 1996 and 2004, he was the Finnish Ambassador in London.

He was a questioned publicity in 1989, being visiting China as the first Western official guest after the massacre of Tiananmein Square. The decision to travel to China was made by the government and had the approval from President Mauno Koivisto.

Salolainen continued as Foreign Trade Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland between 1991 and 1995 in the Aho Government

Salolainen was Chairman of the European Economic Area's negotiating delegation from 1990 to 1993 and chairman of the Finnish EU negotiating delegation and negotiating minister 1993–1995. In his previous election, Salolainen had been the highest vote getter.

In the 2011 parliamentary elections, Salolainen was elected for a further term of 6, 205 votes

Honors Salolainen has long been involved in the WWF. He served as the supervisory board of the WWF's Finnish Fund and the vice-chairman of the Fund from 1972 to 1989.

London City granted Salolainen the Honorary Freemen of the City of London status in 1998. In Finland, he was awarded the Minister honorary title in 2004. Salolainen has also been awarded Order of the Lion of Finland and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation's golden badge