Maarit Feldt-Ranta Explained

Maarit Feldt-Ranta
Office2:Member of the Finnish Parliament
Term Start2:21 March 2007
Term End2:16 April 2019
Birth Date:1968 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Karis, Finland
Party:Social Democratic Party of Finland

Maarit Kristiina Feldt-Ranta (26 April 1968 – 27 November 2019) was a Finnish politician, who represented the Social Democratic Party of Finland. She had represented the electoral district of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since 2007.[1] In 2017, she was elected as the vice-chair of the party.[2]

On 21 June 2017, Feldt-Ranta announced that she would seek the candidacy of the SDP in the 2018 presidential election. She took part in the party primary against Tuula Haatainen and Sirpa Paatero.[3] Feldt-Ranta finished second on the primary, gaining 42.3% of the votes behind Tuula Haatainen's 48.6%.[4]

In January 2019, Feldt-Ranta announced that she wouldn't run for parliament in the 2019 elections due to her stomach cancer returning. She had fought cancer twice previously.[5] In May 2019, she announced that she would discontinue treatment for her cancer.[6] She died six months later on 27 November.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Maarit Feldt-Ranta. Parliament of Finland. 20 June 2017.
  2. Web site: SDP:n varapuheenjohtajiksi kukitettiin Marin, Feldt-Ranta ja Skinnari. Yle. 4 February 2017. 21 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Jo kolme henkilöä tavoittelee Sdp:n presidenttiehdokkuutta. Ilta-Sanomat. 21 June 2017. 23 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Tuula Haatainen Sdp:n presidenttiehdokkaaksi . Ilta-Sanomat . 2 September 2017 . 4 May 2019 . Finnish.
  5. Web site: Maarit Feldt-Ranta luopuu eduskuntavaalien ehdokkuudestaan – syöpä uusiutui . Ilta-Sanomat . 24 January 2019 . 4 May 2019 . Finnish.
  6. Web site: HS Kuukausiliite: Maarit Feldt-Rannan syöpähoidot lopetettu – elinaikaa kuukausia . Ilta-Sanomat . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019 . Finnish.
  7. Web site: Entinen kansanedustaja Maarit Feldt-Ranta on kuollut 51-vuotiaana . 2019-11-28 . Helsingin Sanomat . fi . 2019-11-28.