Sirpa Paatero (born 9 September 1964) is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who served as Minister of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin from 2019 to 2023.
Sirpa Paatero | |
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| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 20 June 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Sanna Marin |
| Preceded by | Anu Vehviläinen |
| Succeeded by | Anna-Kaisa Ikonen |
| Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering | |
| In office 6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Antti Rinne |
| Preceded by | Anu Vehviläinen (local government) Mika Lintilä (ownership steering) |
| Succeeded by | Tytti Tuppurainen (ownership steering) |
| Minister for International Development | |
| In office 26 September 2014 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Stubb |
| Preceded by | Pekka Haavisto |
| Succeeded by | Lenita Toivakka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1964 Karhula, Kymenlaakso, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
Political career
editIn parliament, Paatero served on the Commerce Committee (2006–2014), the Defence Committee (2007–2009, 2015–2019), the Sub-Committee on Employment and Economy Affairs (2011–2014) and the Sub-Committee on Taxes (2012–2014), among others.[1]
Paatero served as the Minister for International Development in Prime Minister Alexander Stubb's cabinet (2014–2015) and again in Antti Rinne's cabinet in 2019.[2][3] She offered her resignation from the Rinne cabinet in November 2019 after failing to act to prevent state-owned postal services from cutting the pay of around 700 workers.[4][5]
Paatero is also the chairman of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.
References
edit- ^ Sirpa Paatero Parliament of Finland.
- ^ "Sirpa Paatero to take over as Int'l Dev minister". Finland Times. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Tässä he nyt ovat – Antti Rinteen viisikon kaikki ministerit" (in Finnish). Yle. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Minister Paatero resigns over Posti outsourcing scandal". Yle. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Anne Kauranen (29 November 2019), Finnish minister resigns in postal strike furore Reuters.
