Member Directory. The Delegation of Finland to the OSCE PA. Parliament of Finland Eduskunta Helsinki FINLAND

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1 Ms. Aila Paloniemi Head of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Centre Party Home District Electoral District of Central Finland Member of Parliament since 2003 Speaker's Council (member) Education and Culture Committee (member) Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) , (deputy member) , (deputy member) Legal Affairs Committee (deputy member) Foreign Affairs Committee (member) , (deputy member) , (member) Constitutional Law Committee (member) Defence Committee (Chair) , (deputy member) Employment and Equality Committee (member) Finance Committee (deputy member) Subcommittee for Education and Science (additional member) Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (member) Administration Committee (member) Committee for the Future (member) Transport and Communications Committee (deputy member) Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) , (deputy member) Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (deputy member) Board of the Library of Parliament (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (deputy member) The Finnish Delegation to the Asia - Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (Chair) Forum for International Affairs (member) Current positions in Parliament: Foreign Affairs Committee (member) Education and Culture Committee (deputy member) Social Affairs and Health Committee (deputy member) Committee for the Future (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) , (Chair) Forum for International Affairs (member) Date and place of birth: 28 January 1956, Kyyjärvi Present place of residence: Jyväskylä Children: Lassi 1979, Vili 2000 Parliamentary group: Centre Party Parliamentary Group Kindergarten teacher 1977 (Savonlinna Teacher Education Institute), in-house training by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Career: kindergarten teacher Journalist Journalist at the Finnish Broadcasting Company Feb-17

2 Position in the parliamentary group: Centre Party Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) Centre Party Parliamentary Group Working Committee (member) Centre Party Parliamentary Group Working Committee (member) Feb-17

3 Mr. Kimmo Kivela Deputy Head of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Blue Reform Party Home District Electoral District of Savo-Karelia Member of Parliament since 2011 Constitutional Law Committee (member) Education and Culture Committee (member) Finance Committee (deputy member) Agriculture and Forestry Committee (deputy member) Defence Committee (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (deputy member) Board of the Library of Parliament (deputy member) Current positions in Parliament: Constitutional Law Committee (member) Education and Culture Committee (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) , (vice chair) Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) , (Chair) Date and place of birth: 5 October 1961, Lahti Basic Certificate in Business Economy (merkonomi) 1981 (Lahden kauppaoppilaitos), Master of Theology 1988 (University of Helsinki), pastoral examination 1991, Senior pastoral degree 1998 Career / Biographical info: Youth League of Developing Finland, organisation secretary, general secretary , Finnish Rural Party, youth secretary , University of Helsinki, assistant (locum) on modern age church history 1988, Rautavaara Parish, official deputy (parish pastor) , Vehmersalmi, vicar , Järvi-Kuopio Parish, chaplain 2011-, Nilsiä Deanery, county dean , Kuopio Diocese cathedral chapter, assessor , Kuopio Diocese cathedral chapter, diocese dean (locum) Parliamentary group: The Finns Party Parliamentary Group Jul-18

4 Mr. Ilkka Kanerva Member of Delegation Special Representative on Mediation President Emeritus of the OSCE PA Telephone: Fax: Home District National Coalition Party Turku Member of Parliament since 27 September 1975 Current positions in Parliament: Chair of the Defence Committee Master of Social Sciences, University of Turku 1980 Political career: Kanerva is a member of the National Coalition Party and the European People s Party (EPP). Kanerva was leader of his party s youth organisation from 1972 to He was first elected to the Finnish Parliament in He is today the longest standing Member of Parliament. He has extensive experience in foreign affairs and defence matters. Minister for Foreign Affairs Deputy Speaker of Parliament Deputy Prime Minister 1991 Minister of Labour Minister of Transport Minister at the Ministry of Finance Minister at the Prime Minister s Office Chair of the Parliamentary Defence Committee ; Chair of the Parliamentary Security and Defence Reflecting Group Chair of the Parliamentary Assessment Group on Defence Chair of the Finnish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2003 OSCE career: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office 2008 President Emeritus and Special Representative on Mediation of the OSCE PA President of the OSCE PA Vice-President of the OSCE PA Chair of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Member of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Member of the OSCE PA ad hoc Working Group on Rules 2013 Co-chair of the working group for the Helsinki +40 process Special co-ordinator and leader of the OSCE short-term election observation mission to Russian Federation in 2016 Leader of the OSCE PA election observation missions to Georgia in 2013 and to Ukraine in 2014 Other: Council member of the International Association of the Athletics Federations (IAAF) Vice-President of the Finnish Olympic Committee Jun-17

5 Ms. Krista Kiuru Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Social Democratic Party Home District Electoral District of Satakunta Member of Parliament since 2007 Grand Committee (deputy member) , (member) , (deputy member) Legal Affairs Committee (member) Employment and Equality Committee (deputy member) Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) , (deputy member) Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (deputy member) , (Chair) The Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly - the Finnish Delegation (member) Forum for International Affairs (member) Current positions in Parliament: Finance Committee (member) Subcommittee for Education and Science (Chair) Communications Subcommittee (member) Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (additional member) Transport and Communications Committee (deputy member) Education and Culture Committee (deputy member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) Parliamentary group: Social Democratic Parliamentary Group Minister: Minister of Housing and Communications (Katainen) Minister of Education (Katainen) Minister of Education and Communications (Katainen) Minister of Education and Communications (Stubb) Feb-17

6 Mr. Mika Raatikainen Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Finns Party Home District Electoral District of Helsinki Member of Parliament since 2014 Administration Committee (member) Environment Committee (deputy member) Legal Affairs Committee (member) Transport and Communications Committee (member) Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (deputy member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (deputy member) Current positions in Parliament: Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) Audit Committee (member) Defence Committee (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (member) , (Chair) Forum for International Affairs (member) Parliamentary group: The Finns Party Parliamentary Group Periods as MP: Predecessor as an MP: Jussi Halla-aho / Jussi Halla-aho elected to European Parliament 09-Feb-17

7 Mr. Markku Rossi Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Centre Party Home District Electoral District of Savo-Karelia Member of Parliament since , 1999, Transport and Communications Committee (member) , (member) , (member) , (vice chair) Defence Committee (member) , (deputy member) , (deputy member) Legal Affairs Committee (member) , (member) , (deputy member) Constitutional Law Committee (member) , (member) , (deputy member) Finance Committee (deputy member) , (member) , (member) , (member) Communications Subcommittee (member) , (member) , (member) Housing and Environment Subcommittee (additional member) Subcommittee for Security and Defence (member) Environment Committee (member) Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) , (member) Committee for the Future (deputy member) Foreign Affairs Committee (member) Administration Committee (deputy member) Audit Committee (deputy member) Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (additional member) Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) Electors (member) Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (deputy member) , (member) Parliamentary Salary Delegation (deputy member) Current positions in Parliament: Finance Committee (member) Communications Subcommittee (member) Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (member) Transport and Communications Committee (deputy member) The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) Date and place of birth: 5 March 1956 Suonenjoki Career / Biographical info: matriculated 1977 (Rautalammin lukio), municipal studies (Alkio-opisto), vocational qualification in business administration 1982 (Pieksämäen kauppaoppilaitos) 09-Feb-17

8 Marketing secretary, Pakkasmarja Oy , shopkeeper, K-Maatalouskeskus, Suonenjoki , Marketing Manager, Rossi-Tarhat , journalist / news unit producer, local radio station Oikea Asema Oy , Editor-in-Chief, local radio station Oikea Asema Oy 1995-, managing editor, Pohjois-Savon paikallisradio Oy / Radio Salminen Earlier electoral districts: Kuopio constituency Kuopio constituency Kuopio constituency Pohjois-Savo constituency Parliamentary group: Centre Party Parliamentary Group Earlier parliamentary groups: Centre Party Parliamentary Group Centre Party Parliamentary Group Position in the parliamentary group: Centre Party Parliamentary Group Working Committee (member) Periods as MP: Predecessor as an MP: Mirja Ryynänen / Alternate for Member of the European Parliament Successor as an MP: Mirja Ryynänen / Predecessor as an MP: Jorma Huuhtanen / 09-Feb-17

9 Mr. Simon Elo Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District Member of Parliament since 2015 Current positions in Parliament: Blue Reform Party 13-Jul-18

10 Mr. Pekka Haavisto Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District Green Party Member of Parliament since , 2007 Current positions in Parliament: 19-Nov-15

11 Mr. Ilkka Kantola Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District Member of Parliament since 2007 Current positions in Parliament: Social Democratic Party 12-Feb-16

12 Ms. Pia Kauma Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District National Coalition Party Member of Parliament since , 2017 Current positions in Parliament: 13-Jul-18

13 Ms. Katri Kulmuni Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District Member of Parliament since 2015 Current positions in Parliament: Centre Party 12-Feb-16

14 Ms. Sofia Vikman Alternate Member of Delegation Telephone: Fax: Home District Member of Parliament since 2011 Current positions in Parliament: National Coalition Party 19-Nov-15