Hanna Sarkkinen
Sarkkinen in 2021
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
In office
29 June 2021 – 20 June 2023
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Preceded byAino-Kaisa Pekonen
Succeeded byKaisa Juuso
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Oulu
Assumed office
22 April 2015
Parliamentary groupLeft Alliance
Personal details
Born
Hanna Maria Katariina Sarkkinen

(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988
Oulunsalo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
Political partyLeft Alliance
[1]

Hanna Maria Katariina Sarkkinen (born 18 April 1988 in Oulunsalo) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Left Alliance for the Oulu constituency.[1]

In June 2021, she was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health by President Sauli Niinistö.[2] In the end of January 2022, she was able to announce several measures taken to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland will be lifted, following the example of Denmark.[3] In June 2022, she traveled to Estonia to coordinate the accommodation and social security systems between the two countries for the Ukrainians fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian war.[4] Despite her party being undecided whether to support or oppose a NATO membership would provide, Sarkkinen personally supported the membership bid.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hanna Sarkkinen". Parliament of Finland.
  2. ↑ "Li Andersson appointed as Minister of Education and Henna Sarkkinen as Minister of Social Affairs and Health - Prime Minister's Office". Valtioneuvoston kanslia. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ↑ red, ORF at/Agenturen (28 January 2022). "Finnland hebt einige Beschränkungen vorzeitig auf". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minister of Social Affairs and Health Sarkkinen visits Tallinn to discuss the development of social security and the situation of Ukrainian refugees". Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Vänttinen, Pekka (10 May 2022). "Finnische Linke will trotz NATO-Antrag in der Regierung bleiben". www.euractiv.de (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2022.


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