Elina Valtonen

Elina Valtonen
Valtonen in 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
20 June 2023
Prime MinisterPetteri Orpo
Preceded byPekka Haavisto
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
4 July 2014
Personal details
Born
Elina Maria Valtonen

(1981-10-23) 23 October 1981 (age 43)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party
ResidenceEspoo
Alma mater
Websiteelinavaltonen.fi

Elina Maria Valtonen (formerly Lepomäki; born 23 October 1981)[1] is a Finnish politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Petteri Orpo since 2023. A member of the National Coalition Party (NCP), she has represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since 2014.[2] In the 2021 municipal election she collected the second-highest number of votes in Helsinki and was elected a member of its city council.[3]

  1. ^ Minister for Foreign Affairs, valtioneuvosto.fi.
  2. ^ "Elina Lepomäki". Parliament of Finland.
  3. ^ "Municipal election 2021 Result service". Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.