Alexander Stubb
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Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015.
He rose to politics as a researcher specialized in the affairs of the European Union and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 as a member of the National Coalition Party.
In 2008, Stubb was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs following a scandal surrounding his predecessor, Ilkka Kanerva.
In 2011 Stubb stood for election to the Finnish Parliament for the first time and was elected MP with the second highest vote count in the election, which led to Stubb becoming the Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet. When Katainen stepped down as Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Coalition Party in 2014, Stubb was elected as party chairman.
He went on to form a five party government coalition, and was officially appointed Prime Minister by President Sauli Niinistö on 24 June.
In the election held in April 2015, Stubb's National Coalition Party lost its status as the largest party, coming in as second in vote share and third in seats.
After coalition negotiations between the winning Center Party, Finns Party and National Coalition Party, Stubb was appointed Minister of Finance on 29 May 2015 by newly elected Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. In 2016, Stubb's leadership was challenged from within the party by MP Elina Lepomäki and Minister of Interior Petteri Orpo.
On 11 June Stubb lost the leadership election against Orpo in the party conference.
After declining ministerial positions, Stubb went on to continue as a Member of Parliament.
In June 2017, he was chosen as the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, after the previous representative from Finland Jan Vapaavuori had vacated the seat. In October 2018, Stubb announced his candidacy for the EPP nomination for President of the European Commission in the 2019 European Parliament election, but ultimately lost in an election against Manfred Weber.
Education
In 1986 Stubb graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida and, two years later, graduated from the Gymnasiet Lärkan in Helsinki, then completed his military service.
Stubb won a golf scholarship to Furman University in South Carolina, United States. He was a member of the Finnish national golf team and intended to become a professional golfer after graduation, but studying with Brent Nelsen and others caused him to quit the sport after a year to focus on his studies. Stubb graduated with a BA degree in political science from Furman University in 1993. The following year he studied French and obtained a Diploma in French Language and Civilisation from the Sorbonne University, Paris, in 1994. Stubb speaks five languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, French and German.
In 1995, Stubb graduated with an MA degree in political science (european affairs) from the College of Europe, Belgium. He then performed his doctoral studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, under the supervision of William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire, and obtained his PhD degree in international politics in June 1999. Wallace later said: "LSE has had a number of extremely bright Finnish students in recent years – but Alex was one of the most outstanding." Stubb's thesis was called Flexible Integration and the Amsterdam Treaty: negotiating differentiation in the 1996–97 IGC (the 1996–97 Intergovernmental Conference of the European Union).
Between 1995 and 1997, Stubb was a researcher at the Finnish Foreign Office, and then at the Academy of Finland from 1997 to 1999. In 1997 he began to work also as a columnist.
From 1999 to 2001, Stubb was a researcher in Finland's representation in the European Union in Brussels, and a member of the Finnish government's delegation to the intergovernmental negotiations for the Treaty of Nice. In 2000, he became a lecturer at the College of Europe. Following the IGC's conclusion in 2001 he became an adviser to the President of the European Commission (then Romano Prodi) and a member of the Commission Task Force on the European Convention. In 2003 he returned to Finland's representation to the EU as a special expert and to the intergovernmental negotiations, this time for the European Constitution. When that ended in 2004, he stood for the National Coalition Party in the election to the European Parliament.
Stubb lived in Genval, Belgium, with his wife, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, who is a British lawyer, until they moved to Tapiola, Espoo. She works for the media group Sanoma. They have two children, a daughter and son.
A "confessed sports nut", Stubb regularly competes in marathons and triathlons and has finished Ironman Triathlons. In his 2012 Frankfurt Ironman, he competed with "Iron Birds Finland", a team of 18 people competing to support leukemia research. In Ironman Sweden (in Kalmar) in 2013, Stubb's time was 9:55'47. Stubb ran his best marathon time, 3:11:24, in the 2014 Berlin Marathon.
Early career
Stubb worked at the Finnish Foreign Office from 1995 to 1999, then at the Academy of Finland from 1997 to 1999. He began working as a columnist in 1997.
Stubb served as a researcher in Finland's participation in the European Union in Brussels and as a member of the Finnish government's delegation to the Treaty of Nice intergovernmental talks from 1999 to 2001. He began teaching at the College of Europe in 2000. Following the conclusion of the IGC's operations in 2001, he became an advisor to the President of the European Commission (then Romano Prodi) and a member of the Commission Task Force on the European Convention. In 2003, he returned to Finland's post as a special expert and to intergovernmental talks, this time for the European Constitution. In the 2004 election to the European Parliament, he stood for the National Coalition Party.
Stubb and his partner, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, a British lawyer, lived in Genval, Belgium, until they moved to Tapiola, Espoo. Sanoma is a media company based in Sanoma, France. They have two children, a daughter, and a son.
Stubb, a "confessed sports nut," competes in marathons and triathlons regularly, as well as the Ironman Triathlons. He competed with "Iron Birds Finland," a group of 18 people working to promote leukemia research in his 2012 Frankfurt Ironman. In 2013-in Ironman Sweden (in Kalmar), Stubb's record was 9:55'47. In the 2014 Berlin Marathon, Stubb ran his best marathon time, 3:11:24.