Ilmari Nurminen

In 2013, Nurminen was elected to the City Executive Board of Sastamala, where he served as the vice chairperson. In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election, he received 5079 votes from the Pirkanmaa electoral district earning him a seat in Parliament. At 24, Nurminen became the youngest member of the new Parliament and the first member in general to be born in the 1990s. He was re-elected in 2019 with 9712 votes and again in 2023.^[6] In 2020, he officially relocated from Sastamala to Tampere.^[7]

Nurminen is known to especially advocate the rights of the elderly. Nurminen has had a loyal group behind him from the very beginning, mostly consisting of women older than him.^[8] For example, in September 2024, Nurminen raised concerns about the availability and adequacy of care for the elderly.^[9]

In Parliament, Nurminen began serving as the chair of the Parliamentary Music Network in 2019.^[10] In April 2021, Nurminen started as the Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary LGBT Network, "sateenkaariverkosto".^[11] In addition, Nurminen also leads the Parliamentary IKÄ Network.^[12]

Nurminen made headlines in 2021 when he, as chair of the Parliamentary Music Network, organized an event for the music industry alongside prime minister Sanna Marin and the minister of science and culture Antti Kurvinen. The event was held in the official residence of the prime minister in Kesäranta, Helsinki.^[13] Later, it was brought to light that the event had generated a ~3000 euro bill for taxpayers. Parliament had intended to cut spending on the industry.^[14]