The Left Alliance is a socialist political party in Finland.
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career,he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
The Finns Party,formerly known as the True Finns,is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
Jussi Kristian Halla-aho is a Finnish politician,serving as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland since 2023. Halla-aho has served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and again since 2019,and as the leader of the Finns Party from 10 June 2017 to 14 August 2021. Previously,between 2014 and 2019,he was a member of the European Parliament,where he was part of the Identity and Democracy group.
The Pirate Party is a Pirate Party in Finland that was registered as a political party from 2009 to 2023. The group currently has around 173 paying members. The chairman of the party is Pekka Mustonen. The party is a member of Pirate Parties International and European Pirate Party.
Presidential elections were held in Finland in January and February 2012. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting between 11 and 17 January. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote,a second round was held on 5 February,with advance voting between 25 and 31 January. Sauli Niinistöwas elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 1 March 2018.
Wille-Werner Rydman is a Finnish politician serving as Minister of Economic Affairs,representing the Finns Party and formerly the National Coalition Party. Rydman was elected to the parliament in 2015,gaining 4,524 votes in the elections. He has also been a member of the City Council of Helsinki since 2012. He received a Masters of Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki in 2008,after which he worked as a parliamentary assistant. On 6 July 2023,Rydman was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs in the Orpo Cabinet.
Tuula Irmeli Haatainen is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament,with the Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.
Pertti Edvard Salolainen CBE is a Finnish politician. He has served as MP from the National Coalition Party and party chairman (1991–1994) and Minister (1987–1995).
The Feminist Party is a Finnish feminist political party. It was founded in June 2016,and registered as a political party in January 2017. It calls gender equality,human rights,and human security the primary pillars of its politics.
The VATT Institute for Economic Research,previously the Government Institute for Economic Research,is a government agency in Finland. VATT is an acronym from VAltion (Government) Taloudellinen (Economic) Tutkimuskeskus. The research institute operates under the administrative domain of the Ministry of Finance.
Movement Now is an economically liberal political party in Finland.
Maria Karoliina Ohisalo is a Finnish politician and researcher who served as Minister of the Interior between 2019 and 2021. The former chairman of the Green League,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2019.
Alviina Alametsä is a Finnish politician of the Green League who has been serving Member of the European Parliament since 2020.
Iiris Suomela is a Finnish politician formerly serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Pirkanmaa constituency. She was a member of the Grand Committee and the Finance Committee. She has also formerly been vice chairperson for Tampere city council,and a Member of the Board of Directors of University of Tampere.
Events in the year 2023 in Finland.
Mikkel Antte Iisakki Näkkäläjärvi is the Party Secretary of the SDP. He served as the chairman of the Social Democratic Youth from 2016 until 2020 and is the second vice-chairman of the Rovaniemi City Council. Since spring 2020,he has been working as the regional manager of Northern Finland for the service sector trade union PAM.
Sampsa Kalle Henrikki Kataja is a Finnish politician,Member of Parliament and lawyer. Kataja has served in the Pori City Council from 1997 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025,and as a member of the National Assembly for the Coalition Party of Finland from 2007 to 2015.
Eemeli Peltonen is a Finnish politician and Member of Parliament.
