Li Andersson
Li Andersson | |
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![]() Andersson in August 2019. | |
Minister of Education | |
Assumed office 29 June 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Jussi Saramo |
In office 6 June 2019 – 17 December 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Antti Rinne Sanna Marin |
Preceded by | Sanni Grahn-Laasonen |
Succeeded by | Jussi Saramo |
Leader of the Left Alliance | |
Assumed office 11 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Paavo Arhinmäki |
Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
Assumed office 22 April 2015 | |
Constituency | Varsinais-Suomi |
Personal details | |
Born | Li Sigrid Andersson 13 May 1987 Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland[1] |
Political party | Left Alliance |
Spouse(s) | |
Alma mater | Åbo Akademi University (BSS) |
Li Sigrid Andersson[2] (born 13 May 1987)[3] is a Finnish politician. She is the leader of the Left Alliance, Member of the Finnish Parliament, city councilor of Turku and former chair of her party's youth organization Left Youth. In June 2019, she was appointed Minister of Education in the Rinne Cabinet.[4] After the collapse of the cabinet in December 2019, Andersson continued in the same position in the succeeding Marin Cabinet.[5]
Andersson graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from Åbo Akademi University in 2010. She majored in international law, specializing in international human rights law and refugee law. Andersson minored in Russian language and culture.[6]
Political career[]
In the parliamentary elections of 2015 Andersson was elected with the highest number of personal votes in Varsinais-Suomi (with 17 seats).[7] Candidates in the district included the chairmen of the National Coalition Party and the Green League.[8] In the 2017 municipal elections, she got most votes of candidates outside Helsinki, sixth nationally.[9]
In February 2016, Andersson announced running for Left Alliance chair.[10] On 6 June 2016, she received 3,913 (61.85%) votes in an unofficial poll between the party members, after which the other candidates withdrew from the running, leaving her the only remaining candidate. The decision was confirmed on 11 June 2016 at the Left Alliance party meeting in Oulu.[11][12]
After the 2019 parliamentary election, in which the Left Alliance gained four seats, the party joined the SDP-led Rinne Cabinet. Andersson became Minister of Education. She temporarily left her ministerial post in December 2020 to go on maternity leave.[13]
Andersson is a member of the Swedish-speaking Finn national minority.[14]
Personal life[]
Li Andersson is cohabitating with former ice-hockey player in Turku.[15][16] She gave birth to their first child, a daughter, in January 2021.[17]
Electoral history[]
Municipal elections[]
Year | Municipality | Votes | Result |
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2008 | Turku | 175 | Not elected |
2012 | Turku | 2,422 | Elected |
2017 | Turku | 6,415 | Elected |
Parliamentary elections[]
Year | Constituency | Votes | Result |
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2011 | Varsinais-Suomi | 2,170 | Not elected |
2015 | Varsinais-Suomi | 15,071 | Elected |
2019 | Varsinais-Suomi | 24,404 | Elected |
European Parliament elections[]
Year | Constituency | Votes | Result |
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2014 | Finland | 47,599 | Not elected |
Source:[18]
References[]
- ^ "Li Andersson". Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Vento, Harri: Li Andersson: Sosiaalidemokraatit ovat hukassa – keskusta ottaa heidän roolinsa.
- ^ Auvinen, Suvi: Historian jäänteistä kohti nykyaikaa.
- ^ "Government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne". Finnish Government. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Li Andersson - Li Andersson".
- ^ "Statsrådets förordning om fördelning av riksdagsmandaten mellan valkretsarna (935/2014)". Finlex.
- ^ "Li Andersson överlägsen röstdrottning". Yle nyheter. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Här är valets drottningar och kungar". Yle. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "STT: Li Andersson lähtee vasemmistoliiton puheenjohtajakilpaan". Yle Uutiset. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Li Andersson voitti vasemmistoliiton jäsenäänestyksen uudesta puheenjohtajasta". YLE. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Li Andersson kruunattiin virallisesti puheenjohtajaksi". Iltalehti. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Jussi Saramo takes over as Education Minister". Daily Finland. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Gestrin-Hagner, Maria (6 November 2017). "Årets finlandssvensk Li Andersson skrattade högt då hon nåddes av beskedet". Hufvudstadsbladet. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Ylimutka, Leena (7.5.2019). "Ero ja uusi rakas! Li Andersson Me Naiset -lehdessä avoliitostaan: Urheilua ja saunomista, tulevaisuudessa myös lapsia". Iltalehti. Retrieved 7.5.2019. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Iida Kantola (10 June 2019). "Li Andersson, 32, löysi uuden rakkaan – parisuhde paljastui ministerisalkun myötä". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Li Andersson sai vauvan – "Me olemme maailman onnellisimmat"". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Electoral information service Retrieved 15 April 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Li Andersson at Wikimedia Commons
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Turku
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Left Alliance (Finland) politicians
- Ministers of Education of Finland
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23)
- 21st-century Finnish women politicians
- Socialist feminists
- Women government ministers of Finland