He was a member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of the state monopoly Veikkaus.

Ahde held minister posts in Sorsa's cabinets 1982–1987 and was elected Speaker of the Parliament in 1987.

Ahde quit as CEO of Veikkaus in 2001 and was re-elected to the parliament in 2003.

On 20 December 2019, Ahde died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Helsinki, Finland.

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