Eero Rantala (5 October 1941–5 February 2019) was a Finnish politician who held several cabinet posts in late 1970s.
[1] Rantala was appointed minister of trade and industry on 15 May 1977 to the second cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa and remained in office until 26 May 1979.
[3] Rantala also held the post of the minister of interior in the same cabinet between 2 March 1978 and 26 May 1979.
[2][4] Next he worked in Germany and was involved in the privatization and investment projects of the former East German industrial companies.
[2][5] Rantala was appointed by the Finnish Prime Ministry as an investigator in October 2002 to examine the cooperation between Finland and Germany to promote the European Union's Northern Dimension action program.