Martti Ahtisaari most significant international opinion leader and most admired Finnish man
Lehtikuva/Martti KainulainenAhtisaari was chosen as the most important international opinion leader in a survey carried out by the Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs. The survey was based on the opinions of forty Finnish experts. The other important opinion leaders after Mr. Ahtisaari were the Jorma Ollila, the Chairman of the Board of Directors in the Finnish Government and the EU Expansion Commissioner Olli Rehn.
Martti Ahtisaari received the most votes also in a Readers’ Digest opinion poll, which was carried out by the Finnish TNS Research Centre. Mr. Ahtisaari was outvoted and passed even Sauli Niinistö, the Chairman of the Finnish Parliament. The most admired woman was the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen.
The poll was carried out in January, when the participants were asked to vote for the most admirable Finnish man and woman. The total number of participants was 1332.
Ten most admirable men (position in 2008 in brackets):
Martti Ahtisaari (3.),
Sauli Niinistö (1.),
Mauno Koivisto (4.),
Alexander Stubb (-),
Jorma Ollila (2.),
Matti Vanhanen (5.),
Vesa-Matti Loiri (-),
Timo Soini (-),
Erkki Tuomioja (7.),
Kimi Räikkönen (7.)
Ten most admirable women:
Tarja Halonen (1.),
Kirsti Paakkanen (2.),
Aira Samulin (7.),
Elisabeth Rehn (4.),
Helena Ranta (5.),
Lenita Airisto (6.),
Leena Palotie (3.),
Riitta Uosukainen (8.),
Katri Helena (10.),
Kiira Korpi (-).
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