Kai Mykkänen
Kai Mykkänen | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 12 February 2018 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Paula Risikko |
| Succeeded by | Maria Ohisalo |
| Minister for Foreign Trade and Development | |
| In office 22 June 2016 – 12 February 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Lenita Toivakka |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Mari Virolainen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1979 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
Kai Aslak Mykkänen (born 31 July 1979 in Espoo) is a Finnish politician and the former Minister of the Interior. He represents the National Coalition Party in the Uusimaa electoral district.
Early life[]
Mykkänen was born in Espoo to the journalist and politician Jouni Mykkänen and Maria Mykkänen (née Sokolow). He is of Russian descent through his mother, who is a daughter of Russian emigrants.[1]
Political career[]
Mykkänen was the chairman of the Coalition Party Youth League 2000–2001.[2] He was a member of the City Council of Espoo 2001–2008.[3]
Mykkänen was elected to the Parliament of Finland in the 2015 election with 5,260 votes.[4] He was a member of the Environment Committee and Grand Committee from 2015 until 2016.[2]
On 22 June 2016, Mykkänen was appointed as the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä after Lenita Toivakka's resignation.[5] On 6 February 2018, Mykkänen shifted his portfolio in order to replace Paula Risikko as the Minister of the Interior.[6] In this capacity, he also co-chaired the Justice and Home Affairs Ministers Meeting of the European People's Party (EPP), alongside Esteban González Pons.[7]
Other activities[]
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2016-2018)[8]
Political positions[]
As Minister of the Interior, Mykkänen proposed in 2018 to increase Europe's quota refugee system ten-fold, for the EU to receive 250,000 new asylum seekers per year instead of the current 25,000.[9] When the Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal broke out, Mykkänen said these things shouldn't be occurring in Finland and called for immigrants residing at reception centres to be educated.[10]
Personal life[]
Mykkänen has two children with his wife Anna.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Janhonen, Ulla (28 December 2016). "Ministeri Kai Mykkänen: Suomen riippuvuutta Venäjän energiasta liioitellaan – "Emme kaadu, vaikka putki tukkeutuisi välittömästi"". Seura (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "MPs: Kai Mykkänen". Eduskunta. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Kielitaitoinen Venäjä-ekonomisti - tällainen on ministeriksi kirinyt Kai Mykkänen". Iltalehti. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Candidates elected: Electoral district of Uusimaa". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Kokoomuksen ministerivaihdoksille sinetti – presidentti vahvisti nimitykset". Yle. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Virolaisesta uusi kokoomusministeri – kokoomus kierrätti myös ministerisalkkujaan". Ilta-Sanomat. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Council of the EU and Ministerial meetings European People’s Party (EPP).
- ^ Board of Governors World Bank.
- ^ "Finnish Interior Minister proposes ten-fold increase in quota refugees across the EU". Yle. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Mykkänen is advocating a ten-fold increase in the EU quota refugee system that would mean receiving a quarter of a million asylum seekers annually instead of the current 25,000.
- ^ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16005-these-kind-of-things-shouldn-t-be-happening-in-finland-says-mykkaenen.html
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