Pekka Haavisto is the minister for foreign affairs of Finland. In 1995–1999, he served as minister of development and the environment and in 2013–2014 as minister for international development. In 1993–1995 and in 2018–2019, he was leader of the Greens in Finland. He stood as a candidate in the presidential election in Finland in 2012 and in 2018.