parliament. Rehn is a two-time cancer survivor. She recovered from colon cancer in the 1990s and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. Honours and awards Honours National honours : Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st class (2002) Foreign honours : Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st class (2003) Awards – Gold (see Axel Olof Freudenthal), Swedish People's Party of Finland (1994) Honorary Doctorate in Political Science, Hanken School of Economics (1994) (see Fredrika Runeberg), Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland (1996) Sibelius Medal, Lions Club Jean Sibelius in Järvenpää (2 January 1996) Honorary Doctorate in Political Science, Åbo Akademi University (1998) , Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (2013) Honorary Doctorate in Military Science, National Defence University (2013) References External links 1935 births Living people Candidates for President of Finland Diplomats from Helsinki Female defence ministers Finnish politicians Finnish women diplomats Hanken School of Economics alumni Members of the Parliament of Finland (1979–83) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1983–87) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–91) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95) Ministers of Defence of Finland Politicians from Helsinki Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Special Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Swedish People's Party of Finland MEPs Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Swedish-speaking Finns Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations United Nations experts United Nations special rapporteurs Women government ministers of Finland Women members of the Parliament of Finland 20th-century women MEPs for Finland