Katri Kulmuni | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Constituency | Finland |
34th Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
In office 12 September 2019 –9 June 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Antti Rinne Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Mika Lintilä |
Succeeded by | Matti Vanhanen |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 10 December 2019 –9 June 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Mika Lintilä |
Succeeded by | Matti Vanhanen [1] |
Minister of Economic Affairs | |
In office 6 June 2019 –10 December 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Antti Rinne |
Preceded by | Mika Lintilä |
Succeeded by | Mika Lintilä |
Leader of the Centre Party | |
In office 7 September 2019 –5 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Juha Sipilä |
Succeeded by | Annika Saarikko |
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Lapland | |
In office 22 April 2015 –16 July 2024 | |
Succeeded by | Mika Riipi |
Personal details | |
Born | Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni 4 September 1987 Tornio,Lapland,Finland |
Political party | Centre |
Spouse | Jyrki Peisa |
Alma mater | University of Lapland (MSS) |
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni (born 4 September 1987) is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020. [2] A member of the Centre Party,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015.
Kulmuni graduated from the University of Lapland in 2018 with a Master of Social Science degree. [3]
Kulmuni was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 2015 for the Lapland constituency and reelected in 2019. [4] After the 2019 elections,she was named the Minister of Economic Affairs in Antti Rinne's cabinet.
On 7 September 2019,Kulmuni defeated Antti Kaikkonen in the leadership election of the Centre Party. [5] Five days later,she succeeded Mika Lintilä as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland. [6] After the collapse of the Rinne Cabinet,Kulmuni became Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet. [7]
On 5 June 2020,Kulmuni resigned as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister after it was revealed that she had been given media training at the cost of 56,203 euros,which was billed to her two ministries. Two days before the resignation announcement,she told media that she would repay the cost. [8] [9] On 8 June,former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was elected to succeed Kulmuni as Minister of Finance. [1]
On 5 September 2020,Annika Saarikko replaced Kulmuni as the Leader of the Centre Party. [2]
Shortly after her 2019 appointment as finance minister,Kulmuni caused controversy when she posted an informal Instagram poll on whether the government should allow Finnish women with links to Islamic State to return from Syria,or just their children. She deleted the post and apologized after criticism by Human Rights Watch. [16]
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