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Tarja Filatov

Tarja Filatov

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   24.03.1995–

Telephone:

09 432 3112

E-mail:

tarja.filatov(at)parliament.fi

Home page:

www.filatov.net

Profession / Title:

Member of Parliament

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Häme 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Constitutional Law Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2020–
Finance Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Sub-committee for Employment and the Economy (member) 06.09.2019–
Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (Chair) 06.09.2019–
Education and Culture Committee (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Intelligence Supervision Committee (member) 26.06.2019–
Employment and Equality Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2020–
Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (member) 18.06.2019–
Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (member) 20.02.2020–, (Chair) 06.03.2020–
High Court of Impeachment (deputy member) 01.01.2020–31.12.2023
Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (deputy member) 10.09.2019–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Employment (Lipponen II) 25.02.2000–16.04.2003
  • Minister of Employment (Jäätteenmäki) 17.04.2003–23.06.2003
  • Minister of Employment (Vanhanen) 24.06.2003–18.04.2007
  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Häme constituency 24.03.1995 - 23.03.1999
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011
    • Speaker's Council (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019
    • Chancellery Commission (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 05.04.1995–22.04.1999
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) 05.04.1995–15.11.1996
    • Committee for the Future (member) 27.02.1996–23.03.1999, (vice chair) 04.12.1996–24.03.1999, (member) 23.04.1999–24.02.2000, (vice chair) 27.04.1999–24.02.2000, (member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009
    • Legal Affairs Committee (deputy member) 20.11.1996–23.03.1999
    • Grand Committee (deputy member) 09.06.1997–24.02.2000, (deputy member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 23.04.1999–24.02.2000, (member) 30.06.2011–25.09.2012
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (deputy member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Finance Committee (member) 10.09.2009–12.02.2010, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011
    • Tax Subcommittee (member) 11.09.2009–12.02.2010
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 30.06.2011–17.06.2019, (Chair) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (Chair) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019, (vice chair) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Environment Committee (member) 26.09.2012–08.06.2015, (deputy member) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019
    • Electors (member) 31.03.1995–29.02.2000
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 05.04.1995–02.03.2000, (vice chair) 27.04.1999–02.03.2000, (member) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Auditors of the Bank of Finland (deputy member) 03.05.2007–31.12.2010
    • Board of the Library of Parliament (deputy member) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 15.02.2013–11.02.2014, (member) 12.02.2014–21.04.2015
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 18.06.2019–17.04.2020
    • Forum for International Affairs (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019
    • Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (deputy member) 29.06.2015–04.02.2019
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (vice chair) 24.03.1999–13.03.2002
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (chair) 22.03.2007–01.02.2010
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 2007–01.02.2010
  • Full name:
    • Filatov, Tarja Katarina
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 09.08.1963 Hämeenlinna
  • Present place of residence:
    • Hämeenlinna
  • Education:
    • matriculated , Social Sciences programme, Workers' Academy 1983, student of social sciences  (University of Tampere)