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Sofia Virta | |
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Chairman of the Green League | |
Assumed office 10 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Maria Ohisalo |
Member of Parliament for Varsinais-Suomi | |
Assumed office 17 April 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaarina,Southwest Finland,Finland | 21 June 1990
Political party | Green League |
Profession | Master of Education,entrepreneur |
Website | https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/1411.aspx |
Sofia Marjanna Virta (born 21 June 1990) is a Finnish politician of the Green League currently serving as a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Varsinais-Suomi constituency since 2019,as well as the current chairman of the Green League since 10 June 2023. [1]
In the spring 2017 municipal elections,Virta became a member of the Kaarina city council;she was re-elected in the 2021 elections. [2]
In the spring 2019 parliamentary elections,she became a member of the Parliament of Finland. [3]
In the beginning of 2022,she was elected to the Varsinais-Suomi regional council, [4] where she serves as the chairman of the Green League.
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Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
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