Hanna Katariina Mäntylä (born 19 September 1974) is a
Finnish politician and the former Minister of Social Affairs and Health. She represented the
Finns Party until June 2017 and was the second deputy chairwoman of the party. She was elected to
the Parliament from
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
in
2011
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. She maintained her seat in the
2015 parliamentary election. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health in May 2015.
On 16 August 2016, Mäntylä announced that she would leave her minister duties due to personal reasons and will continue as a Member of Parliament.
On 13 June 2017, Mäntylä and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the
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. On 21 June 2017, Mäntylä announced that she will leave the Parliament to work for the
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...
.
By profession, Mäntylä is a youth worker, and she has studied social work in the
University of Lapland.
Before her parliamentary career she was an entrepreneur, and operated a lingerie retail outlet.
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References
External links
Parliament of Finland: Hanna Mäntylä
Home page
1974 births
Living people
People from Lahti
Finns Party politicians
Blue Reform politicians
Ministers of Social Affairs of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19)
Women government ministers of Finland
21st-century Finnish women politicians
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
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