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2017 Finns Party Leadership Election
The 2017 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 10, 2017, to elect the new chair of the Finns Party. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election. The incumbent party chair Timo Soini, who had led the party since 1997, did not run for the leadership this time. MEP Jussi Halla-aho and Sampo Terho, Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, were considered the strongest candidates to succeed him. Leena Meri and Veera Ruoho, two Members of the Finnish Parliament, and Riku Nevanpää, a local politician, also ran for party chair. Raimo Rautiola, another local politician, initially stood for election but pulled out of the race on 5 June. The election was won by Halla-aho who received 949 votes in the first round, 56% of the total vote. Terho received 629 votes. In addition, Laura Huhtasaari was chosen as the first deputy leader, while Teuvo Hakkarainen and Juho Eerola won the races for second an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Halla-aho In Brussels 2014 (cropped)
Jussi () is a male given name. In Finnish language, Finnish originally it is short for Juhani or Juho, Finnish for Johannes/John (first name), John, but is also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. It can also be short for Justus (given name), Justus, or a Finnish form of Justin (name), Justin. Notable people with the name * Jussi 69 (1972), drummer of The 69 Eyes * Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Danish writer * Jussi Björling (1911–1960), Swedish tenor * Jussi Chydenius (1972), Finnish musician * Jussi Halla-aho (1971) Finnish Slavic linguist, blogger and a politician. * Jussi Hautamäki (1979), Finnish ski jumper * Jussi Jokinen (1983), Finnish ice hockey player * Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Finnish football (soccer), football player * Jussi Järventaus (born 1951), Finnish politician * Jussi Kurikkala (1912–1951), Finnish cross-country skier * Jussi Kujala (1983), Finnish football player * Jussi Lampi (1961), Finnish musician * Jussi Markkanen (1975), Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Sipilä
Juha Petri Sipilä (; born 25 April 1961) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party from 2012 to 2019. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election, Sipilä formed a centre-right coalition and was appointed Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015. On 8 March 2019, Sipilä stated his intention to resign as Prime Minister, citing difficulties in reforming Finland's health care system. President Sauli Niinistö asked him to continue with a caretaker government until a new government coalition was appointed on 6 June 2019 and was ultimately succeeded by Antti Rinne. Education and military service Sipilä graduated from Puolanka lukio (Finland's university-preparatory high school), completing the matriculation examination with high marks in 1980. In 1986 Sipilä earned his Master's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-Eastern Finland (electoral District)
The Southeast Finland constituency (Finnish: ''Kaakkois-Suomen vaalipiiri'', Swedish: ''Sydöstra Finlands valkrets'') is a Finnish constituency represented in the Parliament of Finland. It covers the regions of South Karelia, Southern Savonia and Kymi Valley. The South-Eastern district currently elects 17 members to the parliament. The district was formed in 2013 by merging the electoral districts of Southern Savonia and Kymi into one. Members of parliament 2015–2019 *Juho Eerola (Finns) * Antti Häkkänen ( NCP) * Heli Järvinen ( Greens) * Anneli Kiljunen ( SDP) * Jukka Kopra (NCP) *Hanna Kosonen (Centre) * Suna Kymäläinen (SDP) * Jari Leppä (Centre) *Jari Lindström (Finns) *Jani Mäkelä (Finns) *Sirpa Paatero (SDP) *Markku Pakkanen (Centre) *Satu Taavitsainen (SDP) *Kimmo Tiilikainen (Centre) *Lenita Toivakka (NCP) *Ari Torniainen (Centre) *Kaj Turunen (Finns) 2019–2023 *Juho Eerola (Finns) *Hanna Holopainen ( Greens) * Antti Häkkänen ( NCP) * Heli Järvinen (Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulu (electoral District)
Oulu is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative regions of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, with a combined population of about 459,000 (). Oulu currently elects 18 members of eduskunta. The constituency is largely rural, and the major cities are Oulu and Kajaani. The dominant party is the Centre, which has taken half of the available seats since 1991. Members of parliament 2007–2011 * Matti Ahde (Social Democratic Party) * Tuomo Hänninen Centre Party) * Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democratic Party) * Kyösti Karjula ( Centre Party) * Inkeri Kerola ( Centre Party) * Martti Korhonen ( Left Alliance) * Timo Korhonen ( Centre Party) * Merja Kyllönen ( Left Alliance) * Paula Lehtomäki ( Centre Party) * Suvi Lindén (National Coalition Party) * Erkki Pulliainen (Green League) * Lyly Rajala (National Coalition Party) * Antti Rantakangas ( Centre Party) * Tapani Tölli ( Centre Party) * Tuulikki Ukkola (National Coalition Party) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Immonen
Olli Immonen (born 12 February 1986) is a member of the Finnish Parliament for the Finns Party and a former chairman of the nationalist organization Suomen Sisu. Immonen was born in Nivala, and received national attention in July 2015 after writing a controversial anti-multicultural text on his Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ... page. References 1986 births Living people People from Nivala Finns Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23) {{FinnsParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satakunta (electoral District)
Satakunta (formerly Turku Province North) is a Finnish constituency represented in the Parliament of Finland. It covers the administrative region of Satakunta, with a population of 221,752 (). Satakunta elects nine members of the Finnish Parliament. The constituency is largely rural, and the largest cities are Pori and Rauma. The largest parties in the parliamentary elections are the Social Democratic Party of Finland and the Centre Party. Members of Parliament 2007–2011 *Anne Holmlund (National Coalition Party) *Timo Kalli ( Centre Party) * Reijo Kallio (Social Democratic Party) * Oiva Kaltiokumpu ( Centre Party) * Sampsa Kataja (National Coalition Party) *Krista Kiuru (Social Democratic Party) * Juha Korkeaoja ( Centre Party) *Veijo Puhjo ( Left Alliance) * Antti Vuolanne (Social Democratic Party) 2019–2023 *Eeva Kalli ( Centre Party) *Laura Huhtasaari (Finns Party) *Krista Kiuru (Social Democratic Party) * Jari Koskela (Finns Party) * Matias Marttinen (National Coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Finland (electoral District)
Central Finland (formerly ''Vaasa Province East'') is a Finnish constituency represented in Eduskunta. It covers the administrative region of Central Finland, with a population of about 265,000 (). Central Finland currently elects ten members of Eduskunta. The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city in the area is Jyväskylä. The largest party in the 2011 election was the Centre Party. Members of Parliament 2019–2023 * Bella Forsgrén (Green League) * Teuvo Hakkarainen (Finns Party) * Petri Honkonen ( Centre Party) * Anne Kalmari ( Centre Party) * Juho Kautto ( Left Alliance) * Jouni Kotiaho (Finns Party) * Joonas Könttä ( Centre Party) * Riitta Mäkinen (Social Democratic Party) * Piritta Rantanen (Social Democratic Party) * Sinuhe Wallinheimo (National Coalition Party) Members of Parliament 2015–2019 * Lauri Ihalainen (Social Democratic Party) * Anne Kalmari ( Centre Party) * Mauri Pekkarinen ( Centre Party) * Toimi Kankaanniemi (True Finn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Lohela
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirkko Mattila
Pirkko Anneli Mattila is a Finnish politician and a former Member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Blue Reform party at the end of her tenure. She was first elected MP in the 2011 general election. Mattila replaced Hanna Mäntylä as the Minister of Social Affairs and Health in 2016, following Mäntylä's resignation. As minister, Mattila was notably responsible for examining the implementation of negative income tax in Finland. On 13 June 2017, Mattila and 19 others resigned from the Finns Party parliamentary group and founded the New Alternative parliamentary group, which later formed the Blue Reform party. Mattila stood in the 2019 parliamentary election as a Blue Reform candidate, but was not elected. A nurse anesthetist by profession, she obtained her degree in 1988. She graduated as a Master of Science in 2005 from the University of Oulu. She has been active in the Finnish Red Cross and raises goats in Laitasaari, Muhos Muhos is a municipality of Finland. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Niinistö
Jussi Niinistö (born 27 October 1970 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and a former Minister of Defence. Since 2011, he has been a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party 2011–2017 and Blue Reform since 2017. By occupation he is a military historian, a docent of Finnish history in the University of Helsinki and a docent of military history in the Finnish National Defence University. In 2013 he was elected as the first vice-chairman of the True Finns, but lost his seat in 2017. Niinistö was a member of the municipal council of Nurmijärvi 2009–2015 and the chairman of the Finns Party deputy group of the council 2009–2014. In August 2015, Niinistö moved to Helsinki and left the municipal council. In the 2017 municipal elections Niinistö was elected to the City Council of Helsinki. On 13 June 2017, Niinistö and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group, which would later become the Blue Reform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Lindström
Jari Tapani Lindström (born 28 June 1965) is a Finnish politician and former Minister of Employment. He represented the Finns Party till 2017 and was first elected to the Parliament in 2011 in the former constituency of Kymi. In 2014, Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group. In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat, standing in the newly formed South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Employment in May 2015. On 13 June 2017, Lindström and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group, which later formed into a political party called Blue Reform. Lindström took part in the 2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected. Lindström worked at a paper mill and is also a qualified laboratory technician. He has voiced his support for capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Alternative
The Finnish Reform Movement ( fi, Korjausliike, korj), is a Finnish conservative political party. It was founded by the 19 MPs who left the Finns Party on 13 June 2017 in protest against Jussi Halla-aho having been elected party leader. The new parliamentary group of these defectors was initially called ''New Alternative'' (, UV'';'' , NA). A new name for the party was announced on 19 June. The association of this name was officially registered on 3 July 2017. The party was chaired by Sampo Terho, the Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, until June 2019. It also includes all the other cabinet ministers who were previously members of the Finns Party: Timo Soini, Jussi Niinistö, Jari Lindström and Pirkko Mattila. It was one of the three parties that made up the Sipilä Cabinet until its resignation on 8 March 2019. It lost all seats in the 2019 election. In April 2022, it changed its name to the Finnish Reform Movement. History Finns Party The Blue Reform originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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