Antti Häkkänen
Antti Häkkänen | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice[1] | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Jari Lindström |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1985 Mäntyharju, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
| Website | www |
Antti Edvard Häkkänen (born 16 January 1985 in Mäntyharju, Finland) is a Finnish politician, representing the National Coalition Party. He has served as a Member of Parliament since 22 April 2015.[2] On 5 May 2017, Häkkänen started as the Minister of Justice in Sipilä Cabinet.[3]
Career
Häkkänen graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Law.[4]
Häkkänen served on the Mäntyharjun council from 2009.[5] He was elected as the Youth National Coalition Party leader in 2011 for the 2012-2013 period.[6]
The National Coalition Party nominated Häkkänen as a candidate for the 2014 European Parliament election but he did not gain enough votes.[7] In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election he was nominated in the newly formed constituency of South-Eastern Finland, and became an elected MP with 6,212 votes.[8][9]
Häkkänen was elected as one of three vice-chairmen of the National Coalition Party at the party summit in June 2016, with the highest number of votes.[10]
References
- ^ "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "MPs: Antti Häkkänen". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Presidentti nimitti kolme uutta ministeriä – perussuomalaisten uusi kulttuuriministeri nosti kärkiaiheekseen poliittisten nuorisojärjestöjen tuet". Helsingin Sanomat. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Antti Häkkänen" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Kunnanvaltuusto" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Antti Häkkänen kokoomusnuorten puheenjohtajaksi" (in Finnish). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Kataista avustava Antti Häkkänen meppiehdokkaaksi" (in Finnish). Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Häkkänen Antti" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Koko maa - ehdokkaat" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Laitaraki, Timo (12 June 2016). "Antti Häkkänen nousi kokoomuksen varapuheenjohtajaksi — muut valitut ovat Sanni Grahn-Laasonen ja Janne Sankelo" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.