Esko Tapani Aho (born 20 May 1954) is a Finnish politician who was prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995.

From 1974 to 1979, he was chairman of the Finnish Centre Youth, many of whose previous chairmen had risen to high political positions.

[2] Aho studied at the University of Helsinki, graduating with a Master of Social Science degree in 1981.

The greatest concern of these voters was the EU's effect on Finnish agriculture,[6] but they were persuaded to support membership due to the prime minister's diplomacy.

Finland applied for EU membership on 16 March 1992, and a referendum was held two and a half years later.

Despite a steep rise in the national debt, the Aho government applied a stringent policy of austerity that made it unpopular.