Sirpa Pietik�inen is a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party. She is a Member of the European Parliament since 2008, and re-elected in 2009. She was in the H�meenlinna town council. She is a former Member of Finnish Parliament, former Minister for the Environment. Pietik�inen was the Chair of Finnish United Nations Association between 1996 and 2007. Pietik�inen was the World Federation of United Nations Associations chairwoman between 2000 and 2004. She has also worked for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and One World International. Pietik�inen has an MBA degree from Helsinki School of Economics. She has received The Knight Commander's Order of the White Rose of Finland. She speaks Finnish, English, French, Swedish and German. Her articles have been published in: Vanhuus kaupungissa, WSOY 1996 Naisen seitsem�n el�m��, WSOY 1998 Maapallohaaste, Otava 1999 Kaikesta j�� j�lki, Avain 2008 Making the Green Energy Switch at a Time of Crisis In 2003, Pietik�inen was convicted of aggravated drunk driving after moving her car in a parking lot at midnight. [More at Wikipedia]

April 19th, 1959 in Parikkala (Age 65)