Pertti Salolainen

[2] Salolainen worked before the MP career in Finnish Broadcasting Company between 1962–1969 as a journalist and producer.

Salolainen began his career as a Finnish Broadcasting Company's television newsreader and editor in 1962–1965.

[3] He was a questioned publicity in 1989, being visiting China as the first Western official guest after the massacre of Tiananmein Square.

[2] Salolainen has later told that he and other ministers had gotten death treats at the time, when Finland negotiated the membership in the EU.

Salolainen has also been awarded Order of the Lion of Finland and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation's golden badge[2][10] In the 2017 Special Honours, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Salolainen as Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

[1] In 2012, Salolainen said on a television program that the United States cannot take a neutral stance on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict due to the influence of the American Jews.