City Council of Tampere (

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: ''Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto'') is the highest decision-making organ of

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

. It consists on 67 members who're elected every four years in the municipal election. Tampereen kaupunginvaltuuston istuntosali takaa

The council meets at the

Tampere City Central Office Building The Tampere City Central Office Building ( fi, Tampereen keskusvirastotalo; the so-called "White House") is an office building in Tampere, Finland, located on the edge of Tampere Central Square and the city's administrative center. Among other thi ...

(sometimes called "The White House") in the

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. The meetings take place almost always on Mondays. The meetings are sent on radio by Radio Moreeni. The

National Coalition Party sv, Samlingspartiet , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Petteri Orpo , leader2_title = Deputy chairs , leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen , merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...

and the

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have been in a local alliance since the municipal election of 2008. Peter Löfberg, Swedish People's Party, died while in office in May 2021.

Latest election

Following the 2021 municipal election the Social democrats and the Coalition tied with 17 seats each. The NCP, however, received more votes and won by only 15 votes meaning their mayoral candidate,

Anna-Kaisa Ikonen Anna-Kaisa Ikonen (born 4 April 1977) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland representing the National Coalition Party from the Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tam ...

was nominated to the post.

References

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