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Ã…land Centre
The Åland Centre ( sv, Åländska Centern) is an Nordic agrarian parties, agrarian-centrist List of political parties in Åland, political party on the Åland Islands. The party was founded by Karl-Anders Bergman in 1976. At the 2003 election, the party won 24.1% of the popular vote and 7 out of 30 seats and became on a par with the Liberals of Åland. On 21 October 2007, Parliament of Åland, parliamentary 2007 Åland legislative election, election, the party won 24.2% of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats. At the 2011 Åland legislative election, election in 2011 it became the strongest party with 23.6% and 7 out of 30 seats, but lost this position to the Liberals at the 2015 Åland legislative election, election in 2015 with 21.7% and 7 out of 30 seats. The party is affiliated with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Mats Löfström, the current MP of the Åland Island in the Parliament of Finland, parlia ...
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Veronica Thörnroos
Veronica Thörnroos (born 16 July 1962) is a Finnish politician from Åland. She currently serves as the Premier of Åland, a position she has held since 25 November 2019. Prior to entering politics, Thörnroos worked as a nurse. Political career Thörnroos' political career began in 1989 when she was elected to the Brändö municipal council. She became a representative of the Provincial Assembly in 2003. In 2009, she also served as Minister of Transport and Minister for Nordic Cooperation until 2011. After that, she served as Minister of Infrastructure, who was responsible for e.g. provincial energy, media and IT affairs. On 25 November 2019, she was appointed as Premier of Åland, having led the Åland Centre in the 2019 Ålandic legislative election. Personal life Thörnroos is married to sea captain Jan-Tore Thörnroos. The couple have three daughters. Political posts * Premier of Åland, Government of Åland 2019–present * Member of Parliament of Åland 2003–2009 and ...
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Parliament Of Ã…land
The Lagting, or ''Lagtinget'', is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats, which makes for approximately one seat per 700 voters in 2022. Legislative work is carried out in three standing committees: * Committee on Legal Affairs and Culture * Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs * Committee on Social Affairs and the Local Environment Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland are elected every four years by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The age limit for voting rights is 18 years, in addition to which Åland's right to vote in the home region is a prerequisite for the stand for election. Latest election 1979–2019 Election table See also *Government of Åland *List of speakers of the Parliament of Åland *Municipalities of Åland *Politics of Åland *Parliament of Finland *Government of Finland * Åland ...
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Political Parties In Ã…land
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including wa ...
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Mats Löfström
Mats Löfström (born 27 October 1983 in Eckerö) is a Finnish politician representing Åland Centre. Löfström is the single member of parliament for the autonomous region of Åland in the Parliament of Finland. He was an Åland Centre party candidate to the Finnish Parliament on the Åland Coalition list at the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015, with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method. There were 4,463,333 people entitl .... Löfström was elected, replacing Elisabeth Nauclér as the single representative of Åland in the Finnish Parliament. Löfström was re-elected in April 2019. Löfström and his spouse Noora have been married since 2014. References 1983 births Living people People from Eckerö Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019) Members of the Parliament of Finlan ...
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2015 Ã…land Legislative Election
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2011 Ã…land Legislative Election
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2007 Ã…land Legislative Election
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Liberals Of Ã…land
Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and media * ''El Liberal'', a Spanish newspaper published 1879–1936 * ''The Liberal'', a British political magazine published 2004–2012 * ''Liberalism'' (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises * "Liberal", a song by Band-Maid from the 2019 album '' Conqueror'' Places in the United States * Liberal, Indiana * Liberal, Kansas * Liberal, Missouri * Liberal, Oregon Religion * Religious liberalism * Liberal Christianity * Liberalism and progressivism within Islam * Liberal Judaism (other) See also * * * Liberal arts (other) * Neoliberalism, a political-economic philosophy * The Liberal Wars The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (), the War of the Two Brothers () or Miguelite War (), was ...
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Ã…land
Ã…land ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a population of 30,129, constituting 0.51% of its land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Ã…land is situated in an archipelago, called the Ã…land Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It comprises Fasta Ã…land on which 90% of the population resides and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east. Of Ã…land's thousands of islands, about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Ã…land is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Ã…land archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Ã…land ...
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List Of Political Parties In Ã…land
Åland has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which a party often has no chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Parties with elected representation at the national or international level Former parties *Åland Progress Group (Ålands Framstegsgrupp) * Ålandic Left (Åländsk Vänster) * Free Åland (Fria Åland) * Greens on Åland (Gröna på Åland) See also * Politics of Åland * List of political parties by country This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:List of political parties in Aland Aland Political parties Aland ...
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Municipalities Of Ã…land
The 16 municipalities () of Ã…land are divided into three sub-regions: Mariehamn, the countryside and the archipelago. __NOTOC__ :Population data as of: :Area data as of: See also * Politics of Ã…land *Government of Ã…land *Parliament of Ã…land The Lagting, or ''Lagtinget'', is the parliament of Ã…land, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats, which makes for approximately one seat per 700 voters in 2022. Legislativ ... References External links The official Ã…SUB website Aland Ã…land-related lists {{Ã…land-geo-stub ...
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Ã…land Coalition
The Åland Coalition ( sv, Åländsk Samling) is a political alliance of the main political parties in Åland formed to contest the Åland seat in the Parliament of Finland. Its representative usually sits with the Swedish People's Party faction in Parliament. History The Coalition first contested national elections in 1948, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p611 when they won a single seat in the parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( .... Since then the alliance has retained its seat in every election, polling between 0.2% and 0.4% of the national vote.
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