Iiris Suomela

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Iiris Suomela
Iiris Suomela 2020.jpg
Suomela in 2020
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Pirkanmaa
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Born (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30)
Tampere, Finland
Political party Green League
Children1

Iiris Suomela (born 1 May 1994) was a one term 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. [1] She has also formerly been vice chairperson for Tampere city council, [2] and a Member of the Board of Directors of University of Tampere. [3]

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While the elected temporarily leader of the Green League, Maria Ohisalo, was on parental leave during first half of 2022, Suomela was the acting chairperson of the party. [4] Suomela led the party into country's first county elections in January 2022, in which the Green League was among the biggest losers, as health and social care tend to be topics that do not attract younger voters who make up a major part of Green League's supporters. [5]

Early life and education

Suomela was born in Tampere. She did her International Baccaulerate in Atlantic College which is located in Wales and is part of the United World Colleges network. Soon after she started her Master's Degree studies in sociology in University of Tampere. [6]

Political career

Suomela is an environmentalist and human rights advocate. [7] She was one of two founders of the Suostumus2018 campaign whose goal was to rewrite the Finnish penal code regarding sexual assault so that lack of consent would be sufficient to convict an assaulter (whereas previously there had to be e.g. a threat of violence). [8] [9] The parliament approved the law in its new form in June 2022.

Suomela was elected Member of Parliament in the 2019 parliamentary elections from the Pirkanmaa constituency with 4,873 votes. [10] In the same year, Suomela was also a candidate for the European Parliament but was not elected. [11]

In the parliamentary election 2023, Suomela failed to get reelected but said she's planning to run in the next election. After her mandate as an MP expired, she resumed her studies at the University of Tampere. [12]

Personal life and family

Suomela's partner is entrepreneur and former politician Matti Parpala. [13] They had a child in November 2020. [14]

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  2. ↑ Airo, Tatu (23 November 2017). "Tässä ovat Tampereen valtuuston taitavimmat puhujat – asiantuntija kertoo, miten poliitikko saa muut pauloihinsa". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Uusi Tampereen yliopisto sai ensimmäisen hallituksen – kokoonpano kerää heti kritiikkiä: "Ei täytä tasa-arvovaatimuksia"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Yle - Tuesday's papers: Green changes, man re-found, and Olympic Stadium complaints". yle.fi.
  5. ↑ "Vihreiden heikko tulos aluevaaleissa saa kritiikkiä omilta: "Puolueessa on selkeytettävä linjaa"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat.
  6. ↑ "Eduskunnan kuopus: Iiris Suomela on kympin tyttö". www.apu.fi. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nyt.fi | Iiris Suomela on ajautunut julkisuudessa vihaiseksi tasa-arvoloukkaantujaksi, vaikka haluaa puhua veroista". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Eduskunnan kuopus: Iiris Suomela on kympin tyttö". www.apu.fi. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Suostumus2018-kampanjan tukibileet!". Suostumus2018 (in Finnish). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ylen Vaalikone 2019 - Yles Valkompass 2019". vaalikone.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Tulospalvelu | Eurovaalit 2019 | Iltalehti". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Eduskunnasta pudonnut Iiris Suomela kertoo olleensa uupunut monta vuotta: "Nyt tauko tulee pakolla ja ihan hyvä niin"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  13. ↑ ""Hallituksessa ei olla, jos ei tehdä, mitä on sovittu" – Vihreät saa Iiris Suomelasta johtajan, joka vaatii feminististä politiikkaa ja edelläkävijyyttä ilmastoasioissa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Kansanedustaja Iiris Suomelan vauva syntyi - "paras joululahja otti reilusti etumatkaa"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.


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