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 6 to 37 members using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition,there is one member from Åland.
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.
Timo Juhani Soini is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019.
Reijo Mauri Matias Pekkarinen is a Finnish politician. He most recently served as a Member of European Parliament for Finland between 2019 and 2024. He is the Centre Party of Finland deputy and secretary,having served in various cabinet position in the Finnish 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".
Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen is a Finnish politician. She was the first female chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland,which she led from 2008 to 2014. She was the Minister of Finance as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014. Between 2019 and 2024,she served as the European Commissioner for International Partnerships in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. Urpilainen announced her candidacy for the 2024 election for President of Finland in November 2023.
Vieno Johannes (V.J.) "Jussi" Sukselainen,was twice Prime Minister of Finland and four times Speaker of the Parliament. He was President of the Nordic Council in 1972 and 1977. He also served as the fourth Director General of Kela,the Finnish social security agency,from 1954 until 1971.
Henna Maria Virkkunen is a Finnish politician who serves as Executive Vice-president of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty,Security and Democracy since 1 December 2024.
Johan Helo was a Finnish lawyer,diplomat and politician. He was born and died in Helsinki.
Juho (Jussi) Raatikainen was a Finnish journalist and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 29 July 1948 to 17 March 1950 and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 30 July 1948 to 17 March 1950. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1936 to 1951,representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). His son,Erkki Raatikainen,was also a journalist and politician.
Mika Pekka Raatikainen is a Finnish politician,policeman and a member of Finnish Parliament,representing the Finns Party. Raatikainen was born in Helsinki. He was first elected as a substitute member to the parliament in 2011,and became member of parliament on 4 July 2014,when Jussi Halla-aho left to the European Parliament. In the 2015 parliamentary election,Raatikainen got 3,370 votes and got elected.
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.
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.
Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. A former leader of the Left Alliance,she was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2024. She is also a city councillor of Turku and was chair of the party's youth wing,Left Youth.
Jussi Wihonen is a Finnish politician who served in the Parliament of Finland from 2019 to 2023 for the Finns Party representing the Savonia-Karelia constituency.
Jouni Einari Ovaska is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Centre Party at the Pirkanmaa constituency. He was elected to parliament first time in the 2019 election.
Anna-Kaisa Ikonen is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland representing the National Coalition Party from the Pirkanmaa constituency. She served as the mayor of Tampere between 2013 and 2017 and won the city council election in 2021.
Kerttu Saalasti was a Finnish politician who was the Finland Minister of Education from 1954 to 1956 and from May 1957 to November 1957. She was the first female Minister of Education in Finland,and introduced the legislation that established the University of Oulu. A member of the Agrarian League,Saalasti also represented Oulu in the Parliament of Finland from 1948 to 1962 and from 1966 to 1970.
Frans Johannes Leino was a Finnish lawyer and Social Democrat Member of Parliament.
