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⚫ '''Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/kotimaa/RKPn-Nils-Torvalds-tienasi-presidenttiehdokkaista-eniten/1063562 |title= RKP:n Nils Torvalds tienasi presidenttiehdokkaista eniten|publisher=Savon Sanomat|access-date=2018-07-13}}</ref>''' (born 7 August 1945) is a ] politician who has been a ] (MEP) since 2012. He is a member of the ], part of the ].

⚫ '''Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/kotimaa/RKPn-Nils-Torvalds-tienasi-presidenttiehdokkaista-eniten/1063562 |title= RKP:n Nils Torvalds tienasi presidenttiehdokkaista eniten|publisher=Savon Sanomat|access-date=2018-07-13}}</ref>''' (born 7 August 1945) is a ] politician and ] (MEP). He is a member of the ], part of the ].


] Torvalds is the son of the ] ], and the father of the ] ] of ] fame.<ref>Torvalds, 2001</ref> ] Torvalds is the son of the ] ], and the father of the ] ] of ] fame.<ref>Torvalds, 2001</ref>


== Education and experience == == Education and experience ==

Torvalds was a member of the ] from 1969 to 1982. He studied economics in ] and was the editor of the ] magazine ''Arbetartidningen Enhet''. Torvalds has later described his communism as "rebellion".<ref name="kauppalehti">{{cite web |url= https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/nils-torvalds-nuorena-olisi-voinut-seurata-jyrkkaa-ajatuksenkulkua/b2SGGszy|title=Nils Torvalds: "Nuorena olisi voinut seurata jyrkkää ajatuksenkulkua" |publisher=Kauppalehti |language=fi}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2004 Torvalds worked as a foreign correspondent for the ] in Moscow and Washington.<ref name="yle2018">{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9952354 |title=Henkilökuvassa Nils Torvalds:Ankkalammikon armahtama toisinajattelija on itsetietoinen intellektuelli |last=Seppänen |first=Timo |date=January 10, 2018 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> Torvalds was a member of the ] from 1969 to 1982. He studied economics in ] and was the editor of the ] magazine ''Arbetartidningen Enhet''. Torvalds has later described his communism as "rebellion".<ref name="kauppalehti">{{cite web |url= https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/nils-torvalds-nuorena-olisi-voinut-seurata-jyrkkaa-ajatuksenkulkua/b2SGGszy|title=Nils Torvalds: "Nuorena olisi voinut seurata jyrkkää ajatuksenkulkua" |publisher=Kauppalehti |language=fi}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2004 Torvalds worked as a foreign correspondent for the ] in Moscow and Washington.<ref name="yle2018">{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9952354 |title=Henkilökuvassa Nils Torvalds:Ankkalammikon armahtama toisinajattelija on itsetietoinen intellektuelli |last=Seppänen |first=Timo |date=January 10, 2018 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref>


Torvalds is fluent in ], ], ], ], ] and he also understands ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/kotimaa/Presidenttiehdokkaat_kielitaito_IS-68549 |title=Yksi presidenttiehdokkaista kielitaidossa ylitse muiden - IS: tulee toimeen viidellä kielellä |publisher=Verkkouutiset }}</ref> Torvalds is fluent in ], ], ], ], ] and he also understands ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/kotimaa/Presidenttiehdokkaat_kielitaito_IS-68549 |title=Yksi presidenttiehdokkaista kielitaidossa ylitse muiden - IS: tulee toimeen viidellä kielellä |publisher=Verkkouutiset }}</ref>


== Finnish politics == == Political career ==
=== Career in national politics ===

In 2006, Torvalds joined the ],<ref name="yle2018" /> and the following year he was elected to the post of the third vice chairperson.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613101555/http://www.sfp.fi/start/nyhetsarkiv/artikel-31-397.html |date=2007-06-13 }} (SFP 10.06.2007)</ref> This upset some party voters due to Torvalds' past.<ref name="yle2018" /> In 2008, he was elected to ] for term 2009–2012.<ref name="hel">{{cite web|url=http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/helsinki/fi/P__t_ksenteko+ja+hallinto/P__t_ksenteko/Kaupunginvaltuusto/Valtuuston+j_senet|website=hel.fi|title=Kaupunginvaltuuston puoluejakauma kaudella 2009–2012|access-date=2017-09-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916010220/http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fhelsinki%2Ffi%2FP__t_ksenteko+ja+hallinto%2FP__t_ksenteko%2FKaupunginvaltuusto%2FValtuuston+j_senet|archive-date=2009-09-16}}</ref> In 2006, Torvalds joined the ],<ref name="yle2018" /> and the following year he was elected to the post of the third vice chairperson.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613101555/http://www.sfp.fi/start/nyhetsarkiv/artikel-31-397.html |date=2007-06-13 }} (SFP 10.06.2007)</ref> This upset some party voters due to Torvalds' past.<ref name="yle2018" /> In 2008, he was elected to ] for term 2009–2012.<ref name="hel">{{cite web|url=http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/helsinki/fi/P__t_ksenteko+ja+hallinto/P__t_ksenteko/Kaupunginvaltuusto/Valtuuston+j_senet|website=hel.fi|title=Kaupunginvaltuuston puoluejakauma kaudella 2009–2012|access-date=2017-09-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916010220/http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fhelsinki%2Ffi%2FP__t_ksenteko+ja+hallinto%2FP__t_ksenteko%2FKaupunginvaltuusto%2FValtuuston+j_senet|archive-date=2009-09-16}}</ref>


On 11 June 2017 the Swedish People's Party chose Torvalds as the party candidate for the 2018 ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9662767|title=RKP:n presidenttiehdokkaaksi valittiin europarlamentaarikko Nils Torvalds|date=13 June 2017|publisher=Yle|language=fi|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Some of his campaign themes were education, technology and the environment. Torvalds was the only candidate who openly supported Finland's ] membership during his campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9984818 |title=Nils Torvalds liputtaa Natoa – "Siinä vaiheessa kun se kriisi iskee, on liian myöhäistä" |last=Jäntti |first=Mari |date=December 19, 2017 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> In the election, Torvalds placed last with 1.5 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president ] went on to secure his second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/fi/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=Presidentinvaali 2018, 1. vaali: Ehdokkaiden äänet|publisher=Ministry of Justice|date=28 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018 |language=fi}}</ref> On 11 June 2017 the Swedish People's Party chose Torvalds as the party candidate for the 2018 ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9662767|title=RKP:n presidenttiehdokkaaksi valittiin europarlamentaarikko Nils Torvalds|date=13 June 2017|publisher=Yle|language=fi|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Some of his campaign themes were education, technology and the environment. Torvalds was the only candidate who openly supported Finland's ] membership during his campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9984818 |title=Nils Torvalds liputtaa Natoa – "Siinä vaiheessa kun se kriisi iskee, on liian myöhäistä" |last=Jäntti |first=Mari |date=December 19, 2017 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> In the election, Torvalds placed last with 1.5 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president ] went on to secure his second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/fi/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=Presidentinvaali 2018, 1. vaali: Ehdokkaiden äänet|publisher=Ministry of Justice|date=28 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018 |language=fi}}</ref>


== European Parliament member == === Member of the European Parliament ===

Torvalds was a candidate for ] on the Swedish People's Party list. He received 14,044 votes which was insufficient for a seat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://192.49.229.35/EP2009/s/tulos/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=EUROPARLAMENTTIVAALIT 7.6.2009 - Tulos - Koko maa |publisher=vaalit.fi (the Official Results by the Ministry of Justice) |access-date=2009-06-13 |language=fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612060746/http://192.49.229.35/EP2009/s/tulos/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |archive-date=2009-06-12 }}</ref> However, on 5 July 2012, he was installed in the European Parliament, when ] left his seat to join the ] as ]. In the ] Torvalds received about 29,000 votes and was elected.<ref name="kauppalehti" /> Torvalds was a candidate for ] on the Swedish People's Party list. He received 14,044 votes which was insufficient for a seat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://192.49.229.35/EP2009/s/tulos/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=EUROPARLAMENTTIVAALIT 7.6.2009 - Tulos - Koko maa |publisher=vaalit.fi (the Official Results by the Ministry of Justice) |access-date=2009-06-13 |language=fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612060746/http://192.49.229.35/EP2009/s/tulos/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |archive-date=2009-06-12 }}</ref> However, on 5 July 2012, he was installed in the European Parliament, when ] left his seat to join the ] as ]. In the ] Torvalds received about 29,000 votes and was elected.<ref name="kauppalehti" />


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Torvalds opposed the ] since it was first proposed, considering it unbalanced especially because of its article 13 (i.e. 17).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nilstorvalds.fi/pressmeddelanden/torvalds-rostade-nej-till-upphovsdirektivet-forslaget-ar-daligt-och-obalanserat/|title=Torvalds röstade nej till upphovsdirektivet: förslaget är dåligt och obalanserat!|language=sv|date=2019-03-26}}</ref> Torvalds opposed the ] since it was first proposed, considering it unbalanced especially because of its article 13 (i.e. 17).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nilstorvalds.fi/pressmeddelanden/torvalds-rostade-nej-till-upphovsdirektivet-forslaget-ar-daligt-och-obalanserat/|title=Torvalds röstade nej till upphovsdirektivet: förslaget är dåligt och obalanserat!|language=sv|date=2019-03-26}}</ref>

Following the ], Torvalds was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's five-year work program on economic and fiscal policies as well as trade.<ref>Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), '']''.</ref>


==Linux kernel statement== ==Linux kernel statement==

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Nils TorvaldsMEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 July 2012
Preceded byCarl Haglund
ConstituencyFinland
Personal details
BornNils Torvalds
(1945-08-07) 7 August 1945 (age 79)
Ekenäs, Finland
Political party Finnish
Swedish People's Party of Finland
 EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
ChildrenLinus Torvalds
Alma materHelsinki University
Websitewww.nilstorvalds.fi

Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2012. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Swedo-Finnish Torvalds is the son of the poet Ole Torvalds, and the father of the software engineer Linus Torvalds of Linux kernel fame.

Education and experience

Torvalds was a member of the Communist Party of Finland from 1969 to 1982. He studied economics in Moscow and was the editor of the taistoist magazine Arbetartidningen Enhet. Torvalds has later described his communism as "rebellion". Between 1995 and 2004 Torvalds worked as a foreign correspondent for the Finnish Broadcasting Company in Moscow and Washington.

Torvalds is fluent in Swedish, Finnish, English, German, Russian and he also understands Dutch, Danish, Italian and Norwegian.

Political career

Career in national politics

In 2006, Torvalds joined the Swedish People's Party, and the following year he was elected to the post of the third vice chairperson. This upset some party voters due to Torvalds' past. In 2008, he was elected to Helsinki City Council for term 2009–2012.

On 11 June 2017 the Swedish People's Party chose Torvalds as the party candidate for the 2018 presidential election. Some of his campaign themes were education, technology and the environment. Torvalds was the only candidate who openly supported Finland's NATO membership during his campaign. In the election, Torvalds placed last with 1.5 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term.

Member of the European Parliament

Torvalds was a candidate for European Parliament election in 2009 on the Swedish People's Party list. He received 14,044 votes which was insufficient for a seat. However, on 5 July 2012, he was installed in the European Parliament, when Carl Haglund left his seat to join the Katainen Cabinet as Minister of Defence. In the 2014 European Parliament election Torvalds received about 29,000 votes and was elected.

As an MEP his positions have included vice-chair of the Fisheries committee (PECH) and member of the committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). He has served as shadow rapporteur on the circular economy and on the biofuels directive (which became directive 2015/1513) and as rapporteur of the annual report 2018 on the European banking union.

Torvalds opposed the Copyright Directive (2019) since it was first proposed, considering it unbalanced especially because of its article 13 (i.e. 17).

Following the 2019 elections, Torvalds was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's five-year work program on economic and fiscal policies as well as trade.

Linux kernel statement

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, joked during a LinuxCon keynote in 18 September 2013 that the NSA, creators of SELinux, wanted a backdoor in the kernel. However, later, Linus' father revealed that the NSA had actually asked for the installation of backdoors in Linux.

When my oldest son was asked the same question: “Has he been approached by the NSA about backdoors?” he said “No”, but at the same time he nodded. Then he was sort of in the legal free. He had given the right answer, everybody understood that the NSA had approached him.

— Nils Torvalds, LIBE Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens - 11th Hearing, 11 November 2013

Works

  • Ollus, Simon-Erik; Torvalds, Nils (2005). Kaupasta kumppanuuteen : Suomen Venäjä-talousstrategia. Helsinki: Sitra. ISBN 951-37-4519-8.
  • Torvalds, Nils (2008). Muodonmuutoksia : Venäjän pitkä vuosisata 1900-2008. Helsinki: Sitra. ISBN 978-951-563-635-5.

References

  1. "RKP:n Nils Torvalds tienasi presidenttiehdokkaista eniten". Savon Sanomat. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. Torvalds, 2001
  3. ^ "Nils Torvalds: "Nuorena olisi voinut seurata jyrkkää ajatuksenkulkua"" (in Finnish). Kauppalehti.
  4. ^ Seppänen, Timo (January 10, 2018). "Henkilökuvassa Nils Torvalds:Ankkalammikon armahtama toisinajattelija on itsetietoinen intellektuelli". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  5. "Yksi presidenttiehdokkaista kielitaidossa ylitse muiden - IS: tulee toimeen viidellä kielellä". Verkkouutiset.
  6. Sfp valde orförande och viceordförande, energipolitiska ställningstagandet remitterades Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (SFP 10.06.2007)
  7. "Kaupunginvaltuuston puoluejakauma kaudella 2009–2012". hel.fi. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  8. "RKP:n presidenttiehdokkaaksi valittiin europarlamentaarikko Nils Torvalds" (in Finnish). Yle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  9. Jäntti, Mari (December 19, 2017). "Nils Torvalds liputtaa Natoa – "Siinä vaiheessa kun se kriisi iskee, on liian myöhäistä"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  10. "Presidentinvaali 2018, 1. vaali: Ehdokkaiden äänet" (in Finnish). Ministry of Justice. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. "EUROPARLAMENTTIVAALIT 7.6.2009 - Tulos - Koko maa" (in Finnish). vaalit.fi (the Official Results by the Ministry of Justice). Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  12. "Nils Torvalds". European Parliament. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  13. "Nils Torvalds: A pro-NATO liberal swimming against the tide". Yle Uutiset. December 14, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  14. "Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources".
  15. "Directive (EU) 2015/1513 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources". 2015-09-09.
  16. "Report on Banking Union – annual report 2018 (2018/2100(INI))". 2018-12-03.
  17. "Torvalds röstade nej till upphovsdirektivet: förslaget är dåligt och obalanserat!" (in Swedish). 2019-03-26.
  18. Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak — Happy birthday, GDPR Politico Europe.
  19. "TechWeekEurope: Linus Torvalds Jokes The NSA Wanted A Backdoor In Linux". Linux Foundation. 2013-09-19. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  20. Engström, Christian (2013-11-17). "NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU / Linux". Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  21. "Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Hearings". 2014-07-01.
  22. Video, programme.

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