Sauli V�in�m� Niinist� is a Finnish politician who became the 12th President of Finland in 2012. A lawyer by education, Niinist� was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003 and the National Coalition Party candidate in the 2006 presidential election. He served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2007 to 2011 and has been the Honorary President of the European People's Party since 2002. Niinist� was the NCP candidate in the 2012 presidential election, beating Pekka Haavisto of the Green League with 62.6% of the vote in the decisive second round. Niinist� assumed office on 1 March 2012, and is the first president from the National Coalition Party since Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who left office in 1956. 

August 24th, 1948 in Salo (Age 76) as Sauli Väinämö Niinistö