Hanna Sarkkinen | |
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Minister of Social Affairs and Health | |
In office 29 June 2021 – 20 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen |
Succeeded by | Kaisa Juuso |
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Oulu | |
Assumed office 22 April 2015 | |
Parliamentary group | Left Alliance |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanna Maria Katariina Sarkkinen 18 April 1988 Oulunsalo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland |
Political party | Left Alliance |
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Hanna Maria Katariina Sarkkinen (born 18 April 1988 in Oulunsalo) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Left Alliance for the Oulu constituency.[1]
In June 2021, she was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health by President Sauli Niinistö.[2] In the end of January 2022, she was able to announce several measures taken to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland will be lifted, following the example of Denmark.[3] In June 2022, she traveled to Estonia to coordinate the accommodation and social security systems between the two countries for the Ukrainians fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian war.[4] Despite her party being undecided whether to support or oppose a NATO membership would provide, Sarkkinen personally supported the membership bid.[5]