Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds is a Finnish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2012. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The Green League,shortened to the Greens,is a green political party in Finland. Ideologically,the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a reformist party and it is supportive of feminism,animal rights and green liberal ideas.
The Swedish People's Party of Finland (Swedish:Svenska folkpartiet i Finlandabbr. SFP;Finnish:Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolueabbr. RKP,is a Finnish political party founded in 1906. Its primary aim is to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finland. The party is currently a participant in the Government of Petteri Orpo,holding the posts of Minister of Education,Minister for European Affairs,and Minister of Youth,Sport and Physical Activity.
Vaasa is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland,the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 1960 by the merger of Vaasa Province North and Vaasa Province South districts. It is conterminous with the regions of Central Ostrobothnia,Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia. The district currently elects 16 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 365,027 registered electors.
Sari Miriam Essayah is a Finnish retired racewalker and a politician,former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of Parliament since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish Christian Democrats party. She is serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023. Her father is from Morocco.
Stefan Erik Wallin is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. He was Finland's Minister of Culture and Sport in Matti Vanhanen's cabinet 2007–2011,Minister of Defence in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet 2011–2012 and a Member of Parliament 2007–2019.
Carl Christoffer ”Calle”Haglund is the CEO of Veritas,a Finnish Pension insurance company,former MP,former chairman of the Swedish People's Party and the former Minister of Defence. He was member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2012. Haglund was elected chairman of his party in June 2012. Haglund serves as the chairman of the board for Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA and Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Etla. Haglund also currently serves on the board of Aktia Bank Plc and Enersense International Plc.
Anna-Maja Kristina Henriksson is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. She has served as Finland's Minister of Justice,in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet and Alexander Stubb's cabinet from 2011 to 2015,Antti Rinne's cabinet from June to December 2019 and in Sanna Marin's cabinet from December 2019 to June 2023. Currently,Henriksson is the country's longest-serving Minister of Justice.
The Minister of Education is one of the 19 ministerial portfolios which comprise the Finnish Government. The Minister of Education leads Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture.
Antti Petteri Orpo is a Finnish politician currently serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016. He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 14 April 2019. For the first time,no party received more than 20% of the vote. The Centre Party,which had been the largest party following the 2015 elections,dropped to fourth place,losing 18 seats and recording its lowest vote share since 1917. The Social Democratic Party saw the biggest gains,winning six more seats and narrowly becoming the largest party for the first time since 1999. The Green League and the Left Alliance also gained five and four seats respectively.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistöreceived 63% of the vote and was elected for a second term,avoiding a second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every municipality and a majority in all but 13 municipalities.
The National Coalition Party leadership election,2016 was held in Lappeenranta,Finland on 11 June 2016,to elect the chair of the National Coalition Party. In the election,Alexander Stubb,the incumbent party chair and Minister of Finance,was defeated by Petteri Orpo,the Minister of the Interior. Elina Lepomäki,a Member of the Parliament,finished third. After the leadership election,Orpo took Stubb's post as the Minister of Finance.
The 2017 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä,Finland,on June 10,2017,to elect the new chair of the Finns Party. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.
Touko Juhani Aalto is a Finnish politician. He was chairman of the Green League from 2017 to 2018. He represented the electoral district of Central Finland in the Parliament of Finland 2015–2019.
Antti Edvard Häkkänen is a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party. He has served as Minister of Defence since June 2023 in the Orpo cabinet and as Member of Parliament since 2015. Häkkänen served as Minister of Justice in the Sipiläcabinet from 2017 to 2019.
The Finnish Reform Movement,previously known as Blue Reform,was a Finnish conservative political party.
Leena Kristiina Meri is a Finnish politician,representing the Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland. She has served in the Parliament since 2015 and in the City Council of Hyvinkääsince 2013.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland.
The Orpo Cabinet is the 77th government of Finland. It was formed following the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election and succeeds the Marin Cabinet led by the Social Democrats and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistöon 20 June 2023. The cabinet is headed by Petteri Orpo and is a coalition between the National Coalition Party,Finns Party,the Swedish People's Party,and the Christian Democrats.
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