Hannu Erkki Johannes Koskinen (born 19 December 1954 in Janakkala

Janakkala

Janakkala is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki, which is nowadays often erroneously shown on maps as being "Janakkala"....

, Finland

Finland

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) is a Finnish politician and a lawyer as profession. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland

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 (SDP).

Koskinen has been a member of the Parliament of Finland

Parliament of Finland

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 from Tavastia Proper

Tavastia Proper

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 since 1991 and served as the Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Finland)

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 during two Lipponen cabinets, Jäätteenmäki cabinet and first Vanhanen cabinet from April 1999 to March 2005. He was replaced as Minister of Justice by Leena Luhtanen in a cabinet reshuffle.

He has been a member of Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

 city council 1989–2004 and again since 2009.