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Paavo Arhinmäki

Paavo Arhinmäki

Current Member of Parliament

Left Alliance Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   21.03.2007–

Telephone:

09 432 3001

E-mail:

paavo.arhinmaki(at)parliament.fi

Profession / Title:

Member of Parliament

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Helsinki 21.03.2007–

Present memberships in committees:

Grand Committee (member) 18.06.2019–, (Second Vice Chair) 19.06.2019–05.09.2019
Constitutional Law Committee (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Agriculture and Forestry Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2020–
Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (member) 19.06.2019–, (Chair) 20.09.2019–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Culture and Sport (Katainen) 22.06.2011–03.04.2014

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group (chair) 07.06.2019–
  • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group, Comission (chair) 07.06.2019–
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Grand Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2007–19.09.2008, (vice chair) 03.05.2011–22.06.2011, (member) 04.04.2014–08.06.2015, (vice chair) 11.04.2014–31.08.2014, (Second Vice Chair) 01.09.2014–21.04.2015, (member) 30.06.2015–06.09.2016, (member) 22.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 03.04.2007–08.09.2009
    • Education and Culture Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2007–22.09.2008, (member) 23.09.2008–19.04.2011
    • Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (member) 11.04.2014–06.09.2016, (vice chair) 11.04.2014–31.08.2014, (Second Vice Chair) 01.09.2014–21.04.2015, (member) 23.09.2016–16.04.2019, (member) 19.06.2019–05.09.2019, (Second Vice Chair) 19.06.2019–
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 26.06.2015–06.09.2016, (member) 23.09.2016–16.04.2019, (deputy member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Employment and Equality Committee (Chair) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 04.04.2007–11.02.2008, (Chair) 12.02.2008–19.04.2011, (deputy member) 10.06.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 12.02.2008–19.04.2011, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
  • Full name:
    • Arhinmäki, Paavo Erkki
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1976 Helsinki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Helsinki
  • Education:
    • matriculated 1995 (Alppilan lukio), student of political science  (University of Helsinki)
  • Career:
    • park worker
    • temporary posts as teacher
    • project secretary
    • summer journalist for Kansan Uutiset (newspaper)
    • chairman of Left Youth of Finland
    • MPs personal assistant