Related Research Articles
The Parliament of Finland is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The Parliament consists of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years from 13 multi-member districts electing 7 to 36 members using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition, there is one member from Åland.
Muhos is a municipality of Finland.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 16 March 2003. The Centre Party led by Anneli Jäätteenmäki overtook the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to become the largest party in the Eduskunta. This was credited mainly to Jäätteenmäki's powerful leadership and modernization of the party still often viewed as agrarian and conservative by many. However, the SDP actually won some seats and increased its share of the vote, losing in the number of total popular votes only by a few thousand.
Iiro Viinanen is a Finnish politician. Viinanen graduated as an engineer from a Tampere institute in 1967 and as a M.Sc. Tech. from Helsinki University of Technology in 1974. He was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 1983 to 1996. His political party was National Coalition Party. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1996.
Reijo Mauri Matias Pekkarinen is a Finnish politician, currently serving as a Member of European Parliament for Finland. He is the Centre Party of Finland deputy and secretary, having served in various cabinet position in the Finish government, including as Minister of Economic Affairs, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Minister of the Interior, as well as a member of parliament. He is known by the nickname "The Parliament Terrier".
Reino Ala-Kulju was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman, secondary school teacher and politician, born in Kuortane. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL) from 1933 to 1939 and the National Coalition Party from 1952 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1966. Eveliina Ala-Kulju was his mother.
Oskari Lehtonen was a Finnish lawyer, bank director and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 27 March 1940 to 8 August 1944. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1927 to 1929, from 1930 to 1933, from 1936 to 1945, from 1948 to 1954 and from 1958 to 1962, representing the National Coalition Party.
Eino Ojajärvi was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the People's Party of Finland from 1962 to 1965 and the Liberal People's Party from 1965 to 1966. He was later active in the Finnish Christian League.
Leonard Typpö was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher, born in Rautio. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 until his death in 1922, representing the Finnish Party from 1911 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1922.
Yrjö Efraim Kivenoja was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician. At first a member of the National Coalition Party, he later joined the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL), which he represented in the Parliament of Finland from 1933 to 1936.
Iisakki Elias Nikkola was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in Kurikka. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland as a representative of the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL) from 1933 to 1944, as an Independent from 1944 to 1945 and as a representative of the National Coalition Party from 1951 to 1952.
Grels Olof Teir was a Finnish lawyer and politician. He served as Minister of Transport and Public Works from 12 September 1964 to 27 May 1966, Minister of Trade and Industry from 22 March 1968 to 14 May 1970 and again from 4 September to 31 December 1972, and Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Health from 13 June to 30 November 1975.
Ritva Kaarina Dromberg is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Culture from 5 June 2002 to 17 July 2003. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 2007, representing the National Coalition Party. She helped create the Network of Finnish Women Members of Parliament.
Kustaa Eemil Linna was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 22 December 1928 to 16 August 1929, Minister of Transport and Public Works from 14 December 1932 to 25 September 1936, Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 19 January 1934 to 25 September 1936 and again as Minister of Agriculture from 25 September to 7 October 1936.
David (Taavi) Tainio was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1909, from 1911 to 1913 and from 1922 until his death in 1929, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He was the chairman of the SDP from 1903 to 1905 and party secretary from 1918 to 1926. He was imprisoned for a while in 1918 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Aale Johannes Sariola was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician, born in Oulu. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917, representing the Finnish Party.
Artur Oliver Wuorimaa was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician. He was a member of the Diet of Finland in 1897 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1910 and from 1911 to 1913, representing the Finnish Party and again from 1917 to 1921, representing the Agrarian League.
Mauno Johannes Kurppa was a Finnish farmer, business executive and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party (SKYP) from 1972 to 1975.
Artturi Antero Niemelä was a Finnish homesteader and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party (SKYP) from 1972 to 1975. He was born in Kemijärvi. He died in April 2021 at the age of 97.
References
- ↑ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 22 October 2014.