Rkp chairman | A nobleman who speaks seven languages ​​and is “handsome as well” – This is Anders Adlercreutz

Five the child’s father, with each of whom has been on parental leave. Architect and partner in a successful architectural firm. An intelligent linguist who, in addition to Finnish, Swedish and English, speaks fluently Portuguese and Spanish as well as fluently Italian and Russian. Musically talented cellist. Vesa from a noble family and soon-to-be former European and ownership guidance minister. Reserve lieutenant in military rank.

A list of the positive qualities with which the person from Kirkuknummela was elected to the leadership of the Rkp Anders Adlercreutz described, could continue if desired. Adlercreutz defeated his opponent on Sunday Otto Andersson by a vote of 183–84. With the election of the chairman, he will also move to the position of minister of education, which is important for his party.

“The perfect father of a perfect family, who has had a successful career and is handsome too,” one party colleague describes Adlercreutz.

The first one Adlercreutz once ran for the leadership of his party as early as 2016 as a first-term member of parliament, when he lost the race to the then leader of the party’s parliamentary group For Anna-Maja Henriksson. At that time, Henriksson collected 133 votes, Adlercreutz 54.

Already at that time, Adlercreutz spoke in favor of the fact that Rkp should develop in the direction of a liberal general party, which would also attract more Finnish-speaking voters. The same goal has remained during the eight years that Adlercreutz has been waiting for Henriksson to step down as chairman.

“The changing playing field offers Rkp an opportunity. While other parties are drifting to the edges, we are the only credibly liberal centre-right party in Finland”, Adlercreutz also assessed in his campaign’s line speech this time.

But is it really the case that Adlercreutz has no weaknesses whatsoever?

When you ask Adlercreutz himself about them, you get a playfully negative answer with a chuckle. After a moment’s reflection, playing soccer, where Adlercreutz has also injured his leg, and a weak cleaning job, the authenticity of which has been confirmed by his wife, come up.

When asked outside Adlercreutz’s supporters, his main weakness is often the fact that, despite his ministry and the chairmanship of the parliamentary group that preceded it, Adlercreutz has not reached the inner circle of his party’s leadership.

This explains the fact that Adlercreutz started in politics at a relatively old age: the first time he ran for office was in the 2012 municipal elections, where he was also elected to the Kirkkonummi city council with 289 votes.

This almost accidentally started a political career, which Adlercreutz made him a member of parliament in 2015 and a minister in 2023. In the parliament, he has sat in, among other things, the constitutional committee and the finance committee, as well as the latter’s tax division. Petteri Orpon In the (kok) government’s cabinet negotiations, Adlercreutz also sat at the side of economic issues: he acted as his party’s negotiator on economic policy issues, among other things.

Even though Adlercreutz is devoted to economic and tax policy, he is often described as a generalist politician who, according to some party colleagues, may sometimes remain a bit aboveboard in political issues.

Previous a career as an architect has guaranteed that politics is not the only possible source of livelihood for Adlercreutz: if he wanted to, he could return to the floor plans at any time.

The architectural office has also brought income to Adlercreutz during his parliamentary career. The most recent public tax information is from 2022, when Adlercreutz received a combined capital and earned income of almost 430,000 euros, of which capital income was a good 320,000 euros.

The capital gains at that time were the result of an arrangement in which Adlercreutz reduced its ownership stake in the Arkkitehtoimisto A-konsultit company.