Anders Adlercreutz | |
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Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering | |
Assumed office 20 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Petteri Orpo |
Preceded by | Tytti Tuppurainen |
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa | |
Assumed office 22 April 2015 | |
Parliamentary group | Swedish People's Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Anders Erik Gunnar Adlercreutz 26 April 1970 Helsinki,Uusimaa Province,Finland |
Political party | Swedish People's Party |
Alma mater | Helsinki University of Technology |
Occupation | Architect,entrepreneur |
Website | http://andersadlercreutz.fi/blog/?lang=en |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Finland |
Branch/service | Finnish Army |
Rank | Lieutenant [1] |
Anders Erik Gunnar Adlercreutz (born 26 April 1970,Helsinki) is a Finnish architect and politician,representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland in the Parliament of Finland since 2015. [1] He was elected to the Parliament from the Uusimaa constituency in the 2015 election with 3,337 votes. [2] He was re-elected as MP in 2019,garnering 9,425 votes, [3] and again in 2023 with 9,442 votes. [4]
In June 2016,Adlercreutz ran for the chairmanship of the Swedish People's Party,finishing second behind Anna-Maja Henriksson. He was subsequently elected as the vice-chairman of the party. [5] He was re-elected in May 2018. [6]
In June 2023,he was appointed Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering in the Orpo Cabinet. [7]
Adlercreutz plays the piano and cello. In July 2023,in honor of Ukraine,he published a video where he played Oi u luzi chervona kalyna in cello in the corridors of the parliament house. The video hit over 250 000 views on Twitter and was noted in The New York Times . [8] [9]
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