Tarja Filatov

Tarja Filatov
Minister of Labour
In office
25 February 2000 – 19 April 2007
Prime MinisterPaavo Lipponen
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Matti Vanhanen
Preceded bySinikka Mönkäre
Succeeded byTarja Cronberg
Personal details
Born (1963-08-09) 9 August 1963 (age 61)
Hämeenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Tampere

Tarja Filatov (born 9 August 1963 in Hämeenlinna) is a member of Finnish Parliament,[1] currently serving as the Second Deputy Speaker,[2] and a former Minister of Employment. She has already been one of the two Deputy Speakers of the Parliament twice (February 2010 - April 2011; December 2020 - 2021). As a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), she represents the Häme constituency since 1995. Previously, she was the vice chairman of the SDP parliamentary group (March 1999 - March 2002), its chairman and a member of its Working Committee (both between March 2007 - February 2010).[1]

In 2000 she was appointed as Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet (1999–2003), keeping the position in the short-lived Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet (2003)[3] and then Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet (2003–2007).[1][4]

Preceded by Minister of Labour
2000–2007
Succeeded by
  1. ^ a b c "Tarja Filatov - Parliament of Finland". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. ^ "Speaker and deputy speakers - Parliament of Finland". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. ^ "New Finnish government appointed by the president". Nordic Business Report. 2003-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ^ "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 14 April 2018.