Pirkko Mattila
Pirkko Mattila | |
|---|---|
 Pirkko Mattila in August 2011 | |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Health | |
| In office 25 August 2016 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Hanna Mäntylä |
| Succeeded by | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen |
| Member of Finnish Parliament for Oulu | |
| Assumed office 20 April 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1964 Yli-Ii, Finland |
| Political party | Blue Reform |
| Alma mater | University of Oulu |
| Occupation | nurse, teacher, Master of Science |
| Website | http://pirkkomattila.fi/ |
Pirkko Mattila is a Finnish politician in the Blue Reform party and a current Member of the Finnish Parliament for Oulu electoral district. She was elected member of the parliament of Finland on 17 April 2011 in the general election. Mattila replaced Hanna Mäntylä who resigned from the position of Minister of Social Affairs and Health in 2016. With this change Pirkko Mattila got a minister post regarding the implementations of Negative Income Tax in Finland.
On 13 June 2017, Mattila and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group, which later formed the Blue Reform party.[1] Mattila took part in the 2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected.[2]
By profession she is a nurse anesthetist, for which she obtained a degree which in 1988. She also took her Master of Science in 2005 from the University of Oulu. She has taken part in the Red Cross organisation of Finland and has goats in Laitasaari of Muhos. She is a member of the municipal council of Muhos.[3]
In addition to Finnish she communicates in English, Swedish and German.[3]
Sources
- ^ "Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset". Yle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Ministeri toisensa jälkeen putosi eduskunnasta – he joutuvat hakemaan uutta työtä". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20090517023234/http://www.pirkkomattila.eu/. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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- People from Muhos
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- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19)
- Women government ministers of Finland
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