Alexander Stubb is one of the famous Politician, who was born on the memorable day of April 1 in the year 1968. Alexander Stubb is a proud citizen of Finland.
Finnish politician who was elected as the Prime Minister of Finland and leader of the National Coalition Party in 2014. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2011 and the Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade from 2011 to 2014.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Alexander Stubb continues to be an inspiration for many.
Personal Information
Details about Alexander Stubb
Popular As:
Alexander Stubb
First Name:
Alexander
Last Name:
Stubb
Gender:
Male
Birthday:
April 1
Birth Year:
1968
Age:
55-years
Father:
Göran Stubb
Education:
London School of Economics and Political Science; University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne; Mainland High School; Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV; Furman University; College of Europe
Career
He graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1986 and attended Furman University in South Carolina on a golf scholarship.
A collection of his columns for Blue Wings magazine titled The Naked Truth and Other Stories about Finns and Europeans was published in 2009.
Family
His full name is Cai-Goran Alexander Stubb. He married Suzanne Innes and has children named Emlilie and Oliver. He and President Sauli Niinisto are both members of the National Coalition Party.
Alexander Stubb Timeline
1976
His father Göran Stubb works in the business of professional ice hockey; he was the CEO of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association from 1976 to 1983 and is currently the NHL Director of Euro Scouting.
1986
In 1986 Stubb graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida and, two years later, graduated from the Gymnasiet Lärkan in Helsinki, then completed his military service.
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1993
Stubb graduated with a BA degree in political science from Furman University in 1993.
1994
The following year he studied French and obtained a Diploma in French Language and Civilisation from the Sorbonne University, Paris, in 1994.
1995
In 1995, Stubb graduated with an MA degree in political science (European affairs) from the College of Europe, Belgium.
1996
Wallace later said: "LSE has had a number of extremely bright Finnish students in recent years – but Alex was one of the most outstanding." Stubb's thesis was called Flexible Integration and the Amsterdam Treaty: negotiating differentiation in the 1996–97 IGC (the 1996–97 Intergovernmental Conference of the European Union).
1997
In 1997 he began to work also as a columnist.
1999
He then went on to pursue a doctorate at the London School of Economics and Political Science under the supervision of William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire, obtaining his PhD degree in international politics in June 1999.
2000
In 2000, he became a lecturer at the College of Europe.
2001
Following the IGC's conclusion in 2001 he became an adviser to the President of the European Commission (then Romano Prodi) and a member of the Commission Task Force on the European Convention.
2003
In 2003 he returned to Finland's representation to the EU as a special expert and to the intergovernmental negotiations, this time for the European Constitution.
2004
He rose to politics as a researcher specialized in the affairs of the European Union and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 as a member of the National Coalition Party.
2005
He called for greater awareness of the costs of translation, which he calculated as 511 million euros in 2005 for the Parliament, Commission and Council together.
2006
In 2006 he wrote a report for the Parliament on the EU's interpretation costs, which was adopted by the Parliament.
2007
He was a substitute member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (as of August 2007).
2008
In 2008, Stubb was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs following a scandal surrounding his predecessor, Ilkka Kanerva.
2009
His book Alaston totuus ja muita kirjoituksia suomalaisista ja eurooppalaisista – The Naked Truth and Other Stories About Finns and Europeans (ISBN 978-951-0-35175-8), a collection of his columns for the Finnair in-flight magazine Blue Wings, was published in a bilingual Finnish–English edition by WSOY in 2009.
2010
In July 2010, Stubb invited the head of Al-Jazeera Wadah Khanfar and former President Martti Ahtisaari to discuss about the role of media in conflict resolution.
2011
In 2011 Stubb stood for election to the Finnish Parliament for the first time and was elected MP with the second highest vote count in the election, which led to Stubb becoming the Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.
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2012
In his 2012 Frankfurt Ironman, he competed with "Iron Birds Finland", a team of 18 people competing to support leukemia research.
2013
In Ironman Sweden (in Kalmar) in 2013, Stubb's time was 9:55'47.
2014
When Katainen stepped down as Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Coalition Party in 2014, Stubb was elected as party chairman.
2015
In the election held in April 2015, Stubb's National Coalition Party lost its status as the largest party, coming in as second in vote share and third in seats.
2016
In 2016, Stubb's leadership was challenged from within the party by MP Elina Lepomäki and Minister of Interior Petteri Orpo.
2017
In June 2017, he was chosen as the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, after the previous representative from Finland Jan Vapaavuori had vacated the seat.
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2018
In October 2018, Stubb announced his candidacy for the European People's Party nomination for President of the European Commission in the 2019 European Parliament election, but ultimately lost in an election against Manfred Weber.
2020
After Stubb's term at the European Investment Bank ended in January 2020, he was chosen as the Director and Professor of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute.
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2023
On 14 August 2023, the board of the National Coalition Party decided to formally request Stubb to be the presidential candidate.
2024
Ahead of the Finnish presidential election in 2024, Stubb was constantly among the names that were mentioned as the National Coalition Party's presidential candidate.
