Arja Juvonen Explained

Arja Juvonen
Office1:	Member of the Finnish Parliament
Term Start1:	20 April 2011
Constituency1:	Uusimaa
Birth Date:	8 December 1967
Birth Place:	Kuopio mlk, Northern Savonia, Finland
Party:	Finns Party

Arja Sinikka Juvonen (born 8 December 1967) is a Finnish politician who represents the conservative Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Juvonen served in the city council of Espoo since 2009 and in 2011 was elected to represent the Uusimaa constituency in the Parliament of Finland.^[4]

In 2017, Juvonen left the Finns Party due to the election of the Jussi Halla-aho as the leader of the party. However, she did not join the Blue Reform party, which was formed by the MPs that had left the Finns Party.^[5] Instead, after a few weeks, Juvonen re-joined the Finns Party.^[6]

In May 2020, Juvonen publicly criticized the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland, arguing that the government was not prepared to response to the pandemic.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valitut ehdokkaat Espoo. tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. 2018-07-28.
2. Web site: Valitut ehdokkaat Espoo. tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. 2018-07-28. 2014-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416191809/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/K2012/s/valitut/espooval.htm. dead.
3. Web site: Valitut. tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. fi. 2018-07-28.
4. News: MPs: Arja Juvonen. Parliament of Finland. 21 July 2018. en.
5. News: Arja Juvonen ei liity perussuomalaisten loikkarien ryhmään: "Täällä on vahva suomalainen nainen, tulkaa hakemaan". Helsingin Sanomat. 15 June 2017. 21 July 2018. en.
6. News: Arja Juvonen palaa perussuomalaisiin – "Omia ei jätetä". Suomen Uutiset. 27 June 2017. 21 July 2018. en.
7. Web site: Smith . Adam Oliver . 2020-05-09 . "Although we had the knowledge, we lacked the readiness": Finns Party MP Arja Juvonen on the government's handling of the pandemic . 2023-02-14 . Helsinki Times . en-gb.