• Tarja Halonen was born on 24 December 1943 in the district of Kallio, which at the time was a traditional working-class area in central Helsinki.
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  • Tarja Halonen is a Finnish politician who served as president of Finland (2000–12), the first woman elected to that office.
  • Tarja Halonen was born in Helsinki on Christmas Eve in 1943. Education. She graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1968 and has a Master of Laws degree.
  • Halonen was born on Christmas Eve of 1943 in Helsinki, Finland's capital city. Her parents named her "Tarja" a Russian variant of Darius, the ancient Persian leader.
  • From 1991 to 1995 Tarja Halonen was Deputy Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee, and was Chairman of the Supreme Committee in 1995.
  • Tarja Halonen served as the 11th President of the Republic of Finland from 2000 to 2012. She was Finland’s first female president.
  • Her Excellency Tarja Halonen was elected Finland's first female Head of State in 2000 and re-elected in 2006.