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- Facts about Tuula Haatainen
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Born in Tuusniemi, Eastern Finland 1960. Married with two adult children.
Education: graduated as a nurse in 1981 from Kuopio and has a master degree in politics from the University of Helsinki.
Likes to read, paint, jog and run marathons. Calls herself a lover of languages. Has written a political memoir, Arjen kuningattaret – “The everyday queens”. It details “everyday stories from the corridors of power”, from the minister’s offices, the government chambers and the kitchen table.
Representing Helsinki in parliament between 1996 and 2007 and again from 2015.
Government minister in the Finnish government several times. Minister of Education between 2003 and 2005, and Minister of Social Affairs and Health between 2005 and 2007 under three prime ministers from the Centre Party. Appointed Minister for Employment in Sanna Marin’s government in December 2019.
Long-serving municipal politician and deputy mayor of Helsinki, before becoming head of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities.
Some business experience from various boards of major Finnish companies.
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