Jacob Söderman
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Jacob-Magnus (Jacob) Söderman (born 19 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish MP since September 2007 (and earlier in 1972-82). Söderman was Minister of Justice (1971), Minister of Social Affairs and Health (1982), governor of province of Uusimaa (1982-89), Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland (1989-95) and the first European Ombudsman (1995-2003).
Söderman was the President of the Council for Mass Media in Finland in 2003-2005, a Member of the Board of the University of Helsinki 2004-2006 and Member of the Group of Wise Persons 2005-2006.
[edit] Honours
- Grand Cross of Bernardo O'Higgins Decoration conferred by Chile 1993
- Grand Cross of the Lions Decoration of Finland 1995
- European Information Association Award for Achievement in European Information 1996
- Honorary Doctorate of Political Sciences, Åbo Academy, Finland 1998
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, University of Lapland 1999
- Special Award for the European Ombudsman's Contribution to Dissemination of Information by the Ministry of Education of Finland 2000
- Alexis de Tocqueville Prize, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) 2001
- Knight of the French Legion of Honour 2002
- Snellman Prize, Finnish Periodical Publishers Association 2002
- Expatriate of the Year Award 2003
- Consumer of the Year Award, The Finnish Consumers' Association 2005
- Codex medaljen 2006
- Chydenius Prize 2006
- Finnish Humanist Union Prize 2007
- Nordic Administrative Union/Finnish association Prize 2007
| Preceded by none |
European Ombudsman | Succeeded by Nikiforos Diamandouros, 2003- |
