Hannakaisa Heikkinen (born 7 April 1974) is a Finnish politician. She has been a Member of the Parliament for the Centre Party from 2007 to 2011 and since 2015.

Career

Born in

Juankoski Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017. Juankoski is located in the province of Eastern Finland, part of the Northern ...

, Heikkinen now lives in

Kiuruvesi Kiuruvesi is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland located in the Northern Savonia regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is wa ...

. She graduated as Bachelor of Nursing from the

JAMK University of Applied Sciences JAMK University of Applied Sciences ( fi, Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu) is a university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in Finland, in the region of Central Finland. There are several bachelor's degree programs offered in English: * Int ...

in 1999 and as Master of Health Sciences from the

University of Jyväskylä The University of Jyväskylä ( fi, Jyväskylän yliopisto) is a research university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking Teacher Training College (the so-called Teacher Seminary), founded in 1863. Ar ...

in 2006. In addition to nursing, she has worked as a farmer. Heikkinen was elected to the

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 ...

with 7,083 votes from

Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; fi, Pohjois-Savo; sv, Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the regi ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

. She left the Parliament in 2011 but returned in

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

with 10,712 votes from Savonia-Karelia. In the Parliament, she is currently vice chair of the Social Affairs and Health Committee and member of the Employment and Equality Committee. Heikkinen has named promotion of work, education, health and agriculture as her main objective in politics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heikkinen, Hannakaisa 1974 births Living people People from Juankoski Centre Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23) 21st-century Finnish women politicians University of Jyväskylä alumni