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Minister For European Affairs, Culture And Sport
The Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport (, ) was one of the ministerial portfolios which comprised the Sipilä Cabinet. The responsibilities of the Minister for European Affairs, the Minister of Culture, and the Minister of Sport were combined in the portfolio. The last holder of the portfolio was Sampo Terho of Blue Reform in the Sipilä Cabinet The cabinet of Juha Sipilä was the 74th government of Finland, from 2015 to 2019. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2015 and formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 29 May 2015. From June 2017, the cabinet con .... The Orpo Cabinet's incumbent Minister for European Affairs is Joakim Strand. The incumbent Minister of Science and Culture is Mari-Leena Talvitie. The incumbent Minister of Youth, Sport, and Physical Activity is Mika Poutala. References Lists of government ministers of Finland {{Finland-gov-stub ...
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Sipilä Cabinet
The cabinet of Juha Sipilä was the 74th government of Finland, from 2015 to 2019. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2015 and formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 29 May 2015. From June 2017, the cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Centre Party, Blue Reform and the National Coalition Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Juha Sipilä. Following the parliamentary election of 2015 and cabinet discussions, a coalition government consisting of the three largest centre-right parties – the Centre Party, the National Coalition Party, and the Finns Party – was formed. Centre returned to lead the government after four years in opposition. This was the first time that a right-wing populist party, namely the Finns Party, had participated in a Finnish government and the first time since 1979 that the Swedish People's Party was left out. The center-right coalition had a total of 124 seats (62%) in the 200-seat parliament when it ...
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Minister For European Affairs (Finland)
The Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering (, is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial positions. The Orpo Cabinet's incumbent Minister for European Affairs is since the 5th of July 2024 Joakim Strand of the Swedish People's Party who replaced Anders Adlercreutz the current Minister of Education (Finland). References Lists of government ministers of Finland Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ... Finland and the European Union {{Finland-gov-stub ...
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Minister Of Culture (Finland)
The Minister of Science and Culture (, ) is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial positions. The Orpo Cabinet's incumbent Minister for Science and Culture is since the 24th of January 2025 Mari-Leena Talvitie of the National Coalition Party who replaced Sari Multala Sari Multala (born 5 July 1978) is a Finnish Olympic sailor, politician, member of Parliament of Finland and cabinet minister. Sailing She went on to compete in the 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition and 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition finis ... the current Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. References Lists of government ministers of Finland {{Finland-gov-stub ...
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Minister Of Sport (Finland)
The Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport (, ) was one of the ministerial portfolios which comprised the Sipilä Cabinet. The responsibilities of the Minister for European Affairs, the Minister of Culture, and the Minister of Sport were combined in the portfolio. The last holder of the portfolio was Sampo Terho of Blue Reform in the Sipilä Cabinet. The Orpo Cabinet's incumbent Minister for European Affairs is Joakim Strand. The incumbent Minister of Science and Culture is Mari-Leena Talvitie. The incumbent Minister of Youth, Sport, and Physical Activity is Mika Poutala Mika Poutala (born 20 June 1983) is a Finnish politician and former speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and .... References Lists of government ministers of Finland {{Finland-gov-stub ...
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Sampo Terho
Sampo Terho (born 20 September 1977 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician who served as Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sports. He was the chairman of Suomalaisuuden Liitto and was earlier a Member of the European Parliament. Life and career Terho graduated from the University of Tampere in 2003 with a Master's degree in Finnish History, and has worked as a researcher in the Finnish National Defence University. He has written a book on the history of capital punishment. Terho has also served as a peacekeeper in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Terho received the second largest number of votes on the Finns Party (then known as the True Finns) electoral list in the 2009 European Parliament elections. He succeeded Timo Soini in the European Parliament when Soini was elected to Parliament of Finland in the 2011 elections. He was re-elected in the 2014 elections. Terho participated in the 2015 parliamentary elections and was elected to the parliament with 10,067 personal votes. ...
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Blue Reform
The Finnish Reform Movement (, Korj), previously known as Blue Reform (), was 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 of these defectors was initially called ''New Alternative'' (, UV'';'' , NA). A new name for the party was announced on 19 June. The association of this name was officially registered on 3 July 2017. The party was chaired by Sampo Terho, the Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, until June 2019. It also included all the other cabinet ministers who were previously members of the Finns Party: Timo Soini, Jussi Niinistö, Jari Lindström and Pirkko Mattila. It was one of the three parties that made up the Sipilä Cabinet until its resignation on 8 March 2019. It lost all seats in the 2019 election. In April 2022, it changed its name to the Finnish Reform Movement. The party was de-reg ...
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Joakim Strand
Jan Joakim Strand (born 2 August 1982 in Turku) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Swedish People's Party of Finland representing the Vaasa constituency since 2015. On 5 July 2024 he replace Anders Adlercreutz Anders Erik Gunnar Adlercreutz (born 26 April 1970) is a Finnish architect and politician. He has represented the Swedish People's Party of Finland in the Parliament of Finland since 2015 Finnish parliamentary election, 2015, and has served as th ... as Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering. References 1982 births Living people Politicians from Turku Swedish-speaking Finns Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027) {{SwedishPeoplesParty-politician-stub ...
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Minister Of Science And Culture
The Minister of Science and Culture (, ) is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial positions. The Orpo Cabinet's incumbent Minister for Science and Culture is since the 24th of January 2025 Mari-Leena Talvitie of the National Coalition Party who replaced Sari Multala Sari Multala (born 5 July 1978) is a Finnish Olympic sailor, politician, member of Parliament of Finland and cabinet minister. Sailing She went on to compete in the 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition and 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition finis ... the current Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. References Lists of government ministers of Finland {{Finland-gov-stub ...
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Mari-Leena Talvitie
Mari-Leena Hannele Talvitie is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the National Coalition Party at the Oulu constituency. She has served as minister of science and culture since 2025. Political career She was appointed minister of science and culture on 24 January 2025, succeeding Sari Multala Sari Multala (born 5 July 1978) is a Finnish Olympic sailor, politician, member of Parliament of Finland and cabinet minister. Sailing She went on to compete in the 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition and 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition finis .... References 1980 births Living people People from Vaasa National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027) 21st-century Finnish women politicians Women members of the Parliament of Finland University of Oulu alumni {{NationalCoalition-politician-s ...
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Mika Poutala
Mika Poutala (born 20 June 1983) is a Finnish politician and former speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In 13 June 2025, he was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity in the Orpo Cabinet. References 1983 births Finnish male speed skaters Finnish Pentecostals Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Finland Speed skaters from Helsinki Living people Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027) 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Christian Democrats (Finland) politicians {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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