Daniel Sazonov | |
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![]() Sazonov in 2023 | |
3rd Mayor of Helsinki | |
Assumed office 2 June 2025 | |
Preceded by | Juhana Vartiainen |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Matti Mikael Sazonov 24 March 1993 Helsinki,Finland |
Political party | National Coalition Party |
Occupation | Politician,lawyer |
Website | danielsazonov.fi |
Daniel Matti Mikael Sazonov (born 24 March 1993) [1] is a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party. He has served as Deputy Mayor of Helsinki for Social Services,Health Care and Rescue Services since 2021. [2] Sazonov has served as a Helsinki city councilor since 2017 and as a member of the city board since 2018. He served as the chairman of the National Coalition Party's council group in 2019–2021. [3] He began his duties as Mayor of Helsinki in June 2025. [4]
As Ingrian immigrants,Sazonov's parents came to Finland from Saint Petersburg in the early 1990s. [5] [6] He himself was born in Helsinki and grew up in the Malminkartano district. Sazonov graduated from Helsinki Finnish Co-educational School (SYK) in 2012. While in high school,he served as the chairman of the SYK teenage board and won an economic quiz for high school students in 2012. [7] Sazonov graduated with a Master of Laws from the University of Helsinki in 2020. [3]
Sazonov holds the military rank of lieutenant in the reserve and completed his military service in the Guard Jaeger Regiment. [8] He speaks five languages;Finnish and Russian as his native language,and also English,German and Swedish. [3] Sazonov has supported Finland's NATO membership since the 2015 parliamentary elections, [9] in addition to which he has also criticized the current Russian government for scrapping the rules-based global system and supported the dismantling of the demilitarisation of the Åland Islands. [10]
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