Mikael Jungner

Mikael Jungner

Mikael Jungner (born 20 April 1965 in Helsinki) is the current party secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, a member of the Finnish parliament and a former managing director of the Finnish national broadcaster YLE. He grew up on the Finnish west coast in the city of Vaasa. He started a five-year term as Managing Director of YLE on the 1 May 2005. Although he sought another term, the political board of YLE replaced him with Lauri Kivinen on 1 May 2010. Jungner's term as the managing director of YLE can be considered to have been a success.^[1]

Jungner was the director of information society relations at Microsoft Corporation 2002-2004. He was formerly the Parliamentary secretary and aide of former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen. In May 2010, Jungner was elected as the party secretary of the SDP.^[2]

Mikael Jungner is married to YLE host Maria Matthes.

References

1. ^ "Jungner – liian hyvä Ylelle? (“Jungner – too good for YLE?’)". Markkinointi&Mainonta. http://www.marmai.fi/blogit/toimitukselta/article333559.ece?v=t. 
2. ^ "Jungner Chosen as SDP Party Secretary". Finnish Broadcasting Company. http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/05/jungner_chosen_as_sdp_party_secretary_1719301.html. 

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Name	Jungner, Mikael
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Short description	Finnish politician and manager
Date of birth	20 April 1965
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