Pekka Vennamo

Pekka Veikko Vennamo (born 7 November 1944 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and corporate executive.

In addition, Vennamo served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in Kalevi Sorsa's fourth cabinet from 1983 to 1987 and as the Minister of Transport in Harri Holkeri's cabinet from 1987 to 1989.

Vennamo left politics in 1989 when he was appointed director (later CEO) of Post and Telecommunications.

[1] He angered his previous supporters in the rural areas of the country - many typical Finnish Rural Party voters - when in an effort to improve the efficiency of the postal service he ordered the closure of very many rural post offices.

However, in January 1999 Vennamo was removed from office because of his controversial businesses with company shares.