Sirpa Paatero

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Sirpa Paatero
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Minister of Local Government
Assumed office
10 December 2019
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering
In office
6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Preceded byAnu Vehviläinen (local government)
Mika Lintilä (ownership steering)
Succeeded byTytti Tuppurainen (ownership steering)
Minister for International Development
In office
26 September 2014 – 29 May 2015
Prime MinisterAlexander Stubb
Preceded byPekka Haavisto
Succeeded byLenita Toivakka
Personal details
Born (1964-09-09) 9 September 1964 (age 57)
Karhula, Kymenlaakso, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic

Sirpa Paatero (born 9 September 1964) is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who has been serving as Minister of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin since 2019.

Political career[]

In parliament, Paatero served on the Commerce Committee (2006–2014), the Defence Committee (2007–2009, 2015–2019), the Sub-Committee on Employment and Economy Affairs (2011–2014) and the Sub-Committee on Taxes (2012–2014), among others.[1]

Paatero served as the Minister for International Development in Prime Minister Alexander Stubb's cabinet (2014–2015) and again in Antti Rinne's cabinet in 2019.[2][3] She offered her resignation from the Rinne cabinet in November 2019 after failing to act to prevent state-owned postal services from cutting the pay of around 700 workers.[4][5]

Paatero is also the chairman of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.

References[]

  1. ^ Sirpa Paatero Parliament of Finland.
  2. ^ "Sirpa Paatero to take over as Int'l Dev minister". Finland Times. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Tässä he nyt ovat – Antti Rinteen viisikon kaikki ministerit" (in Finnish). Yle. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Minister Paatero resigns over Posti outsourcing scandal". Yle. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  5. ^ Anne Kauranen (29 November 2019), Finnish minister resigns in postal strike furore Reuters.
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