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About Tapani Erling
- Tapani Erling (born 22 May 1945), is a Finnish economist.
- He is the Director-General of Finnish Customs.
- In July 2006 he was elected chairman of the Council of the World Customs Organization. Before being nominated to the head to the Finnish customs in 1998 he served as a manager in charge of foreign subsidiaries at Outokumpu Oy and before that at economist positions at different Finnish ministries.
- He has worked in the Finnish OECD representative office, and also pursued an academic career. Erling has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
- He served as the political secretary of minister for foreign trade, Jermu Laine from 1973 to 1978. Erling is married and has at least one son, Orri, who was known as a child prodigy who started his career in the Finnish software industry at the age of fifteen. Erling is known as a promoter of French-Finnish co-operation and has been made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
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