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Juho Kautto
Juho Kautto (born 23 July 1971 in Äänekoski) is a Finnish politician who served in the Parliament of Finland for the Left Alliance at the Central Finland constituency. He was first elected to office in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim .... Kautto was also the speaker of the Äänekoski city council until April 2021, when he stepped down from this position after having been caught chairing a city council meeting whilst drunk the previous month. References 1971 births Living people People from Äänekoski Left Alliance (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023) {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Alliance (Finland)
The Left Alliance ( fi, Vasemmistoliitto , sv, Vänsterförbundet, vas.) is a left-wing political party in Finland. The Left Alliance was founded in 1990 as the chief successor of the left-wing Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). Although not as electorally successful as the SKDL, it has achieved some success, typically receiving around eight to ten percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. It has participated in five cabinets, most recently the Marin Cabinet formed in 2019. It is socialist, and democratic-socialist, and it supports the principles of eco-socialism. A member of the Party of the European Left and Nordic Green Left Alliance, the party organ is the weekly ''Kansan Uutiset''. It provides the Government of the Sanna Marin with two ministers, Li Andersson as the Education Minister and Hanna Sarkkinen as the Minister of Social Affairs and Health. History The party was founded by the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), the majority of members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Finland (constituency)
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 Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Äänekoski
Äänekoski () is a town in Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about north of Jyväskylä. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Äänekosken maalaiskunta was consolidated to Äänekoski in 1969 and the municipality of Konginkangas in 1993. The municipalities of Sumiainen and Suolahti were consolidated to Äänekoski in 2007. History Äänekoski is named after the nearby rapids. Folk etymology connects the name to the word ''ääni'' "sound", but Terho Itkonen has suggested another origin: a Sámi term meaning "big, large" (compare Northern Sámi ''eanas'', "most"). Swedish sources mention a salmon fishery by the rapids around 1455, ''Ænækoski laxefiskeri''. At the time, it was not a proper settlement and was locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Finland
Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomi; sv, Mellersta Finland) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, North Savo, and Southern Savonia, South Savo. The city of Jyväskylä is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area. The largest lake in the very water-based region is Lake Päijänne (1,080 km2). Other large lakes are Lake Keitele (490 km2), Lake Konnevesi (190 km2) and Lake Kivijärvi (Central Finland), Lake Kivijärvi (150 km2). The highest point in the region is Kiiskilänmäki in the municipality of Multia, Finland, Multia, which reaches an altitude of 269 meters above sea level. Kuokanjoki, Finland's shortest river and one of the world's shortest rivers is in the region. Central Finland has been one of the slowly growing regions in terms of population, but the growth has been based on the Jyväskylä sub-region's pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The Parliament consists of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years from 13 multi-member districts electing 7 to 36 members using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition, there is one member from Ã…land. Legislation may be initiated by either the Government or one of the members of Parliament. The Parliament passes legislation, decides on the state budget, approves international treaties, and supervises the activities of the government. It may bring about the resignation of the Finnish Government, override presidential vetoes, and alter the constitution. To make changes to the constitution, amendments must be approved by two successive parliaments, with an election cycle in between, or passed as an emergency law with a 167/20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 14 April 2019. For the first time, no party received more than 20% of the vote. The Centre Party, which had been the largest party following the 2015 elections, dropped to fourth place, losing 18 seats and recording its lowest vote share since 1917. The Social Democratic Party saw the biggest gains, winning six more seats and narrowly becoming the largest party for the first time since 1999. The Green League and the Left Alliance also gained five and four seats respectively. The Finns Party and the National Coalition Party gained one seat each, with the Finns Party recovering the seats it had lost in the previous parliament when 21 of its MPs left to form Blue Reform, which failed to win a seat. The Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats retained all of their seats that they had won in the previous elections. The Ã…land Coalition retained their seat in Ã…land, whilst Harry Harkimo, a former National Coalition MP who found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Äänekoski
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Alliance (Finland) Politicians
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The Left Alliance is the name of a number of left wing political parties around the world. These include: * Democratic Left Alliance in Poland * Left Alliance (Finland) * Left Alliance (Scotland) in Fife, Scotland * Left Alliance (Spain) * Left Alliance - UK, a grouping including the Union of Liberal Students and the Communist Party of Great Britain * Nordic Green Left Alliance, an alliance of Nordic left-wing parties * Left Alliance (Australia), an Australian student movement that flourished in the 1980s and 1990s * Leftist Alliance (Hungary), an alliance between Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement and the Hungarian Workers' Party * Leftist Alliance The Leftist Alliance was an alliance of leftist political parties that would have run for individual seats in the Egyptian 2015 parliamentary election, though each party will run individually. Affiliated parties * Tagammu * Socialist Popular Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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