Li Andersson

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Li Andersson
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Andersson in August 2019.
Minister of Education
Assumed office
29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Preceded byJussi Saramo
In office
6 June 2019 (2019-06-06) – 17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Sanna Marin
Preceded bySanni Grahn-Laasonen
Succeeded byJussi Saramo
Leader of the Left Alliance
Assumed office
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
Preceded byPaavo Arhinmäki
Member of the Finnish Parliament
Assumed office
22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)
ConstituencyVarsinais-Suomi
Personal details
Born
Li Sigrid Andersson

(1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 34)
Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland[1]
Political partyLeft Alliance
Spouse(s) [fi]
Alma materÅbo 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  [fi] 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
2008 Turku 175 Not elected
2012 Turku 2,422 Elected
2017 Turku 6,415 Elected

Parliamentary elections[]

Year Constituency Votes Result
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
2014 Finland 47,599 Not elected

Source:[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "Li Andersson". Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Vento, Harri: Li Andersson: Sosiaalidemokraatit ovat hukassa – keskusta ottaa heidän roolinsa.
  3. ^ Auvinen, Suvi: Historian jäänteistä kohti nykyaikaa.
  4. ^ "Government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne". Finnish Government. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Li Andersson - Li Andersson".
  7. ^ "Statsrådets förordning om fördelning av riksdagsmandaten mellan valkretsarna (935/2014)". Finlex.
  8. ^ "Li Andersson överlägsen röstdrottning". Yle nyheter. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Här är valets drottningar och kungar". Yle. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  10. ^ "STT: Li Andersson lähtee vasemmistoliiton puheenjohtajakilpaan". Yle Uutiset. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Li Andersson voitti vasemmistoliiton jäsenäänestyksen uudesta puheenjohtajasta". YLE. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Li Andersson kruunattiin virallisesti puheenjohtajaksi". Iltalehti. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Jussi Saramo takes over as Education Minister". Daily Finland. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  14. ^ Gestrin-Hagner, Maria (6 November 2017). "Årets finlandssvensk Li Andersson skrattade högt då hon nåddes av beskedet". Hufvudstadsbladet. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  15. ^ 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: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  16. ^ Iida Kantola (10 June 2019). "Li Andersson, 32, löysi uuden rakkaan – parisuhde paljastui ministerisalkun myötä". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Li Andersson sai vauvan – "Me olemme maailman onnellisimmat"". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  18. ^ Electoral information service Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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