Bjarne Kallis
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Johan Bjarne Kallis is the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats (Finland)
The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...

 (KD), previously known as the Finnish Christian Coalition (SKL), and a member of the Parliament of Finland
Parliament of Finland
The Eduskunta , is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. The latest election to the parliament took place on April 17, 2011.- Constitution :...

. Kallis works as the principal of the Kokkola academy of commerce and has a Master's degree in political sciences.

Chairmanship

Under Kallis's chairmanship, the Christian Coalition / Christian Democratic Party separated in the 2003 Parliament elections from the central parties' group and entered a state-wide election allegiance with the National Coalition Party
National Coalition Party (Finland)
The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...

, even though the Lappish circle of the Christian Coalition was already entering an election allegiance with the Centre Party
Centre Party (Finland)
The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...

 in Lapland. In other circles, the Centre Party did not agree to election allegiances, so technical co-operation with the National Coalition Party was necessary.

In the 2003 elections, the party raised its support to over five percent, but the number of members of the parliament dropped to seven. The election allegiance with the National Coalition Party helped to ensure a parliament position for the Minister of Foreign Trade Jari Vilén
Jari Vilén
Jari Pekka Olavi Vilén is a Finnish politician and a diplomat. Mr. Vilén served in the Finnish Parliament, representing the National Coalition Party and the district of Lapland from 1999–2007.-Political life:...

 from the Lappish election circle. In return, with the help of the election allegiance, the Christian Democratic Party was able to ensure a parliament position for Sari Essayah
Sari Essayah
Sari Miriam Essayah is a Finnish retired race walker and a politician, Member of the European Parliament since 2009. Her father is from Morocco....

, who had become famous as the holder of the World Record for walking.

Under Bjarne Kallis's chairmanship, the European MP Eija-Riitta Korhola
Eija-Riitta Korhola
Eija-Riitta Korhola is a Finnish politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the National Coalition Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on...

 changed from the Liberal group (ELDR) to the National parties' group (EPP). Later, Korhola also changed her Finnish party membership from the Christian Democratic Party to the National Coalition Party, which caused the Christian Democratic Party to lose their only member position in the European Parliament
European Parliament
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.

Under Kallis's chairmanship, the Christian Coalition, which had emphasised religiousness
Religion
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, changed into a general Christian democratic party, the Christian Democratic Party of Finland. After Kallis, Päivi Räsänen
Päivi Räsänen
Päivi Maria Räsänen, née Kuvaja , is a Finnish politician. The chairwoman of the Christian Democrats since 2004, she is the current Minister of the Interior of Finland....

 was elected as the new chairman of the party.

Presidential election 2006

Bjarne Kallis was the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party in the 2006 Presidential elections
Finnish presidential election, 2006
The Finnish Presidential election of 2006 saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term.The first round of voting in Finnish presidential elections always takes place on the third Sunday of January, in this case 15 January 2006...

. The people's association gathered to support Kallis's candidacy was started on October 1, 2005 by the Member of the European Parliament Hannu Takkula
Hannu Takkula
Hannu Takkula is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Centre Party of Finland....

 from the Finnish Centre Party, who had long been a friend of Kallis. Also the beauty professional Tiina Jylhä agreed to support Kallis.

Like Henrik Lax
Henrik Lax
Henrik Lax is a Finnish politician and formerMember of the European Parliament with the Swedish People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Lax was a substitute...

 and partly like Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician from National Coalition Party. He is also President of the Football Association of Finland. A lawyer by training, he was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003 and the National Coalition Party candidate in the 2006 presidential election...

, Kallis aimed to challenge the head of the Finnish foreign relationships, the president and the prime minister, by supporting a stronger defense dimension of the European Union
European Union
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 and possibly even membership in NATO. Tarja Halonen
Tarja Halonen
Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the incumbent President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency...

, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

, the foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is currently a member of the Finnish Parliament.Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC...

 and the prime minister Matti Vanhanen
Matti Vanhanen
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Finland and a former Chairman of the Centre Party. In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist...

, the candidate of the Centre Party, support neutrality also in the future.Kallis is also the chairman of Finnish-Israel
Israel
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 sociaty.

Kallis finished sixth out of the eight candidates in the first round of the election on January 15, with a vote share of 2.0% (61,483 votes). Like Matti Vanhanen, Henrix Lax and Arto Lahti
Arto Lahti
Arto Henrikki Lahti is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Helsinki School of Economics.He was an independent nominee for the Finnish presidential election in 2006, with themes including preserving the status of small enterprises, rights of overleveraged, political honesty and returning of...

, he publicly endorsed Sauli Niinistö of the National Coalition Party
National Coalition Party (Finland)
The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...

in the runoff election, held on January 29, between Niinistö and the incumbent Tarja Halonen who, however, went on to be re-elected.

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