High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paavo Matti Väyrynen (born on September 2, 1946 in Kemi) is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet. Väyrynen is a former Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.