Pertti Edvard Salolainen CBE (born 19 October 1940) is a Finnish politician. He has served as MP from the National Coalition Party (1970–1996, 2007–2019) and party chairman (1991–1994) and Minister (1987–1995).
Salolainen worked before the MP career in Finnish Broadcasting Company between 1962 and 1969 as a journalist and producer. Between 1996 and 2004, he was the Finnish Ambassador in London.
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Career
Salolainen was born on 19 October 1940 in Helsinki during the Interim Peace period to the family of sergeant Edvard Salolainen and the shopkeeper Ella Salolainen (née Lundqvist).
He graduated as Master of Science in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics in 1969.
Salolainen began his career as a Finnish Broadcasting Company's television newsreader and editor in 1962–1965. He was a producer of Finnish Broadcasting Company's financial programs from 1965 to 1966, BBC World Service Finnish language editorial editor in London in 1966 and Finnish Broadcasting Company's correspondent in London from 1966 to 1969.