Martin Anders Kinnunen, (born 15 May 1983) is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party. He was previously the press secretary for the party, as well as leader for the party's youth organisation the

Sweden Democratic Youth Sweden Democrat Youth ( sv, Sverigedemokratisk Ungdom ; SDU) was the youth league of the Swedish political party Sweden Democrats until 12 September 2015. Background The youth league was founded in 1993 as an independent youth league to its ...

(SDU) between 2005 and 2007. He took over that position from Jimmie Åkesson and was succeeded by Erik Almqvist.

Biography

Kinnunen graduated with a BA degree in economics from Stockholm University followed by a PhD in politics, philosophy and economics.”Martin Kinnunen (SD): Biografi”

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. Läst 29 september 2018. He began training as an

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

and then worked as an office secretary for the Sweden Democrats' national organisation in Stockholm; he left the position in late 2009. He was elected to the Swedish Riksdag parliament during the

2014 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect all 349 seats in the Riksdag, alongside elections for the 21 county councils, and 290 municipal assemblies. The centre-right Alliance for Sweden coalition (comprising the Mode ...

for the Gothenburg Municipality and since the 2018 election has represented the Stockholm Municipality. Kinnunen and his fiancee were assaulted and beaten at an attack at Gullmarsplan subway station in Stockholm on 6June 2009.Kvinnor frias för SD misshandel
Dagens Nyheter Retrieved 22 March 2016 Three women were later convicted for the attack on Kinnunen's fiancee, and one man was sentenced to prison for the same attack. On 29September 2015, Kinnunen was charged with two cases of tax fraud. He was accused of embezzling large amounts of money while working for the Sweden Democrat owned companies Samtid och Framtid and Blåsippan AB. He was acquitted of all charges by the district court on 5February 2016. However, as trials continued in November 2016, it was revealed that Kinunnen had authorized fraudulent dates on the concerned invoices; the final outcome is as yet unknown, although he stated on 22 November that even if he were found guilty of serious tax fraud on behalf of the SweDems, he would continue as a SweDem politician without issue. On December 6, 2016, the Court of Appeal found him guilty of accounting fraud. He was sentenced to a fine of approximately 9,000 EUR while the SweDem owned company was fined 30,000 EUR for fraudulent accounting and tax evasion.http://www.aftonbladet.se/senastenytt/ttnyheter/inrikes/article24053107.ab

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinnunen, Martin Living people 1983 births Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats Swedish people of Finnish descent Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Stockholm University alumni 21st-century Swedish politicians