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Esko Aho is a statesman and former Prime Minister of Finland. He was born May 20, 1954 in Veteli, Finland. Aho was known by the nickname "Kannuksen Kennedy" due to his streamlined and well coiffed habitus, a comparison with United States President John F. Kennedy.
Ahois also the chairman of the Centre Party (one of the three major Finnish political parties, somewhat on the conservative side of the centre).
He is best known for leading Finland into the European Union.
Esko Aho retired from active politics in the early 2000s, initially through a "sabbatical leave" of one year to lecture at Harvard University.
