Anna-Maja Henriksson | |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Term Start: | 16 July 2024 |
Constituency: | Finland |
Office1: | Minister of Education |
Term Start1: | 20 June 2023 |
Term End1: | 5 July 2024[1] |
Primeminister1: | Petteri Orpo |
Predecessor1: | Li Andersson |
Successor1: | Anders Adlercreutz |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 6 June 2019 |
Term End2: | 20 June 2023 |
Primeminister2: | Antti Rinne Sanna Marin |
Predecessor2: | Antti Häkkänen |
Successor2: | Leena Meri |
Term Start3: | 22 June 2011 |
Term End3: | 29 May 2015 |
Primeminister3: | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
Predecessor3: | Tuija Brax |
Successor3: | Jari Lindström |
Office4: | Leader of the Swedish People's Party |
Term Start4: | 12 June 2016 |
Term End4: | 16 June 2024 |
Predecessor4: | Carl Haglund |
Successor4: | Anders Adlercreutz |
Birth Name: | Anna-Maja Kristina Forss |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1964 |
Birth Place: | Jakobstad, Ostrobothnia, Finland |
Party: | Swedish People's |
Spouse: | Janne Henriksson |
Website: | Official website |
Children: | 2 |
Office5: | Member of the Parliament of Finland |
Term Start5: | 21 March 2007 |
Term End5: | 15 July 2024 |
Successor5: | Christoffer Ingo |
Anna-Maja Kristina Henriksson (née Forss; born 7 January 1964) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. She has served as Finland's Minister of Justice, in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet and Alexander Stubb's cabinet from 2011 to 2015,[2] [3] Antti Rinne's cabinet from June to December 2019 and in Sanna Marin's cabinet from December 2019 to June 2023.[4] [5] Henriksson was recorded to have been the country's longest-serving Minister of Justice.[6]
She has been a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2007–2024, vice-chairperson of the Swedish People's Party of Finland 2010–2016 and chairperson of the Swedish Parliamentary Group 2015–2016.[7]
On 12 June 2016, Henriksson was elected as the leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland becoming the first female leader for the party.[8] She was re-elected as the party's chair in May 2021 without facing any opposition.[9] She led the party in joining the right-wing coalition government led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party and the Finns Party following the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election. On 27 February 2024, Henriksson announced that she would not seek another term as party leader at the party's conference in June[10] and was later replaced by Anders Adlercreutz.
Henriksson is married to Janne Henriksson since 1991. The couple has two children.[11]
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