Jussi Niinistö Explained

Jussi Niinistö
Office:Minister of Defence
Primeminister:Juha Sipilä
Term Start:29 May 2015
Term End:6 June 2019
Predecessor:Carl Haglund
Successor:Antti Kaikkonen
Office1:Member of the Finnish Parliament
Term Start1:20 April 2011
Term End1:16 April 2019
Constituency1:Uusimaa
Birth Date:27 October 1970
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
Nationality:Finnish
Party:Blue Reform
Otherparty:Finns Party (until 2017)
Alma Mater:University of Helsinki
Occupation:Politician, academic (military historian)
Allegiance: Finland
Serviceyears:1989–1990[1]
Rank: Senior 1st Lieutenant

Jussi Niinistö (born 27 October 1970 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and a former Minister of Defence and a former member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party 2011–2017 and Blue Reform since 2017. By occupation he is a military historian, a docent of Finnish history in the University of Helsinki and a docent of military history in the Finnish National Defence University. In 2013 he was elected as the first vice-chairman of the True Finns,[2] but lost his seat in 2017.[3]

Niinistö was a member of the municipal council of Nurmijärvi 2009–2015 and the chairman of the Finns Party deputy group of the council 2009–2014. In August 2015, Niinistö moved to Helsinki and left the municipal council.[4] In the 2017 municipal elections Niinistö was elected to the City Council of Helsinki.[5]

On 13 June 2017, Niinistö and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group, which would later become the Blue Reform party.[6] He took part in the 2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected.[7]

Niinistö has criticized the Ottawa Treaty which prohibits the use of Land mines and has argued that Finland should leave the treaty.[8]

Jussi Niinistö is not related to President Sauli Niinistö nor his nephew, Green MP Ville Niinistö, and their family names have different origins.[9]

In June 2020 Niinistö was elected as town manager of the small town of Kannus. [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jussi Niinistö's Web Page, CV . fi . 2015-05-29 . 2015-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707233608/http://jussiniinisto.fi/index.php/esittely/cv/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Perussuomalaisten varapuheenjohtajiksi Niinistö, Mäntylä ja Eerola. Yle Uutiset. 29 June 2013 .
  3. Web site: New leader Halla-aho to push Finns Party in nationalistic, Eurosceptic direction. 11 June 2017 .
  4. Web site: Puolustusministeri Niinistö muuttaa Helsinkiin . Valtioneuvosto. 27 June 2015 . 18 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Valitut: Helsinki . Oikeusministeriö. 3 May 2017 . 18 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset . Yle . 13 June 2017 . 13 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Ministeri toisensa jälkeen putosi eduskunnasta – he joutuvat hakemaan uutta työtä . Iltalehti . 15 April 2019 . 18 April 2019 . Finnish.
  8. Web site: 2018-07-17 . Joining Ottawa Treaty was "a blunder by a peacetime fool," says Minister of Defence . 2023-07-22 . Helsinki Times . en-gb.
  9. Web site: Tämä domain on varattu | jussiniinisto.fi. 2019-02-17. 2019-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142306/http://jussiniinisto.fi/index.php/2012/01/numero-6-ja-ei-sukua/. dead.
  10. Web site: 2020-06-15 . Entinen puolustusministeri Jussi Niinistö 5 500 asukkaan Kannuksen johtoon – "Nyt on ihan uuden aika" . 2023-01-13 . Yle Uutiset . fi.
  11. Web site: CV - Jussi Niinistö. jussiniinisto.fi. 2011-04-27. 2014-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220614/http://jussiniinisto.fi/index.php/cv/. dead.

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