Hanna Sarkkinen Explained

Hanna Sarkkinen
Office1:Minister of Social Affairs and Health
Term Start1:29 June 2021
Term End1:20 June 2023
Primeminister1:Sanna Marin
Predecessor1:Aino-Kaisa Pekonen
Successor1:Kaisa Juuso
Office2:Member of the Finnish Parliament for Oulu
Term Start2:22 April 2015
Parliamentarygroup2:Left Alliance
Birth Date:1988 4, df=y
Birth Place:Oulunsalo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
Birth Name:Hanna Maria Katariina Sarkkinen
Nationality:Finnish
Party:Left Alliance
Footnotes:[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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hanna Sarkkinen. Parliament of Finland.
  2. Web site: Li Andersson appointed as Minister of Education and Henna Sarkkinen as Minister of Social Affairs and Health - Prime Minister’s Office . 2022-07-13 . Valtioneuvoston kanslia . en-US.
  3. Web site: red . ORF at/Agenturen . 2022-01-28 . Finnland hebt einige Beschränkungen vorzeitig auf . 2022-07-13 . news.ORF.at . de.
  4. Web site: Minister of Social Affairs and Health Sarkkinen visits Tallinn to discuss the development of social security and the situation of Ukrainian refugees . 2022-07-13 . Ministry of Social Affairs and Health . en-US.
  5. Web site: Vänttinen . Pekka . 2022-05-10 . Finnische Linke will trotz NATO-Antrag in der Regierung bleiben . 2022-07-13 . www.euractiv.de . de-DE.