Tuula Haatainen
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Tuula Haatainen | |
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.jpg) Haatainen in 2020 | |
| Minister of Employment | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 20 June 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Sanna Marin |
| Preceded by | Timo Harakka |
| Succeeded by | Arto Satonen |
| Deputy Speaker of the Finnish Parliament | |
| In office 7 June 2019 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Speaker | Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Juho Eerola |
| Succeeded by | Antti Rinne |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Health | |
| In office 23 September 2005 – 19 April 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Sinikka Mönkäre |
| Succeeded by | Liisa Hyssälä |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 17 April 2003 – 23 September 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Maija-Liisa Rask |
| Succeeded by | Antti Kalliomäki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1960 |
| Party | Social Democratic |
| Spouse | Janne Metsämäki |
| Website | Official website |
Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.[1]
In 2007 Haatainen was chosen as the Deputy Mayor of Helsinki and she left the parliament.[2] She returned to the parliament following the 2015 elections, in which she received 6,662 personal votes.[3]
On 2 September 2017, Haatainen was nominated as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2018 presidential election.[4] In the election, Haatainen placed sixth with 3.3 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term with a majority of votes.[5]
After the presidential election, on 5 February 2018, Haatainen was elected as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.[6] She served in the position until the collapse of Rinne Cabinet in December 2019, after which she joined the subsequent Marin Cabinet as Minister of Employment.[7] She is a trained nurse and has practised in her home region of Northern Savonia, and in Åland.[8]
