Pär Stenbäck

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Pär Stenbäck
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Born12 August 1941 Edit this on Wikidata (age 80)
Porvoo Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, debater Edit this on Wikidata
Political partySwedish People's Party of Finland Edit this on Wikidata
Awards

Pär Stenbäck (born 12 August 1941 in Porvoo) is a Finnish politician and debater. [1][2][3] Stenbäck was elected to the Finnish parliament at the age of 28 and functioned as the party chairman for the Swedish People's Party 1977-1985. He was Minister of Education and then Foreign Minister in two governments, 1979-1983. This was followed by significant roles within the International Red Cross, , the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and several other organisations.[1]

Career[]

Stenbäck studied political science at Helsinki University.[1] He worked as a journalist for YLE 1964-1967.[3]

Stenbäck has been a member of the city council of Espoo, and also the Finnish parliament (1970-1985).[1][3] He was the Minister of Education (1979 to 1982), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982 to 1983) and Party Leader of the Swedish People's Party (1977 to 1985).[1] He received an Honorary Minister title in 1999.[1]

He has also been the general secretary for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva from 1988 to 1992.[3] He received the prestigious Henry Dunant Medal of the International Red Cross in 2009.[1]

Between 1992 and 1997 he functioned as the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Copenhagen.[3] In 1991, he took part in the founding of the (IYF), now situated in Baltimore, as a director 1991–1996, thereafter as VP for Europe until 2005.[4][5] In 1995, he became a founding board member of the International Crisis Group.[5] In 2001, together with ambassador , he founded the , where he is the Chairman of the Senate.[6] In the same year, he founded the and acted as its board chair until 2012.[7] In June 2017, he founded the foreign policy association "Nya Utrikespolitiska Samfundet".[1][8]

Publications[]

Stenbäck has published two books depicting his career in politics and in the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement (2007 and 2009). He is a regular columnist in the daily Hufvudstadsbladet (Helsinki).

  • 2021, All världens vägar, Reflektioner på distans [9]
  • 2018, Demokrati under hot? [10]
  • 2009, Kriser och katastrofer : politik och humanitärt arbete [11]
  • 2007, När världen öppnade sig : en sextiotalskrönika [12]

Awards and recognition[]

  • 2009, Henry Dunant Medal, International Red Cross/Red Crescent
  • 1999, Honorary Minister title in Finland

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Pär Stenbäck, Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (BLF)". www.blf.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "Pär Stenbäck - Uppslagsverket Finland". uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "80-vuotias "Näkymät ovat taas mitä synkimmät", sanoo Pär Stenbäck, joka ehti nähdä valon hetken maailmanpolitiikassa". Helsingin Sanomat. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ "Former Board Members". International Youth Foundation. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Pär Stenbäck, 70 år: Lyssnar bortom twittret". Hbl.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. ^ "Senators, European Cultural Parliament – ECP". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ "History of the Children and Youth Foundation". Lasten ja nuorten säätiö. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  8. ^ "Om NUPS, Nya Utrikespolitiska Samfundet". NUPS. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. ^ Stenbäck, Pär. All världens vägar. ISBN 978-952-7224-43-4 – via Open WorldCat.
  10. ^ Stenbäck, Pär. Demokrati under hot?. ISBN 978-952-5864-86-1 – via Open WorldCat.
  11. ^ Stenbäck, Pär. Kriser och katastrofer: politik och humanitärt arbete. Helsingfors: Schildts. ISBN 978-951-50-1890-8 – via Open WorldCat.
  12. ^ Stenbäck, Pär. När världen öppnade sig: en sextiotalskrönika. Helsingfors: Schildt. ISBN 978-951-50-1693-5 – via Open WorldCat.

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