Jacob Söderman

Jacob Söderman
Jacob Söderman
	Jacob Söderman in Helsinki, Finland in March 2014
Born	19 March 1938
Occupation	Politician
Awards	Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2001); Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1988); Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins (1993); Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1995); Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with star (2009); Cross of Merit of the Police; Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1971) ;
Position held	Parliamentary Ombudsman (1989–1995)

Jacob-Magnus (Jacob) Söderman (born 19 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish politician who served as Finnish Member of Parliament in 1972–1982 and again in 2007–2011. Söderman is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and served as Minister of Justice (In October 1971),^[1] Minister of Social Affairs and Health (1982), governor of Uusimaa Province (1982–89), Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland (1989–95) and the first European Ombudsman (1995–2003).^[2] Söderman returned to the Parliament in Autumn 2007 when MP Tuula Haatainen resigned in order to become a deputy city manager of Helsinki.

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.

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

References

^ "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.

Preceded by none	European Ombudsman 1995-2003	Succeeded by Nikiforos Diamandouros

[1] "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[2] "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.

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