Sanna Marin

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Person.png Sanna Marin  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Valtiopäivien avajaiset - ekumeeninen juhlajumalanpalvelus Helsingin tuomiokirkossa 5.2.2020 (49491709241) (cropped).jpg
Born16 November 1985
NationalityFinnish
Alma materUniversity of Tampere
Member ofBBC/100 Women/2020, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2020
PartySocial Democratic Party of Finland
World Economic Young Leader and Finland's youngest-ever prime minister.

Employment.png Prime Minister of Finland

In office
10 December 2019 - Present

Employment.png Finland/Leader of the Social Democratic Party

In office
23 August 2020 - Present

Employment.png Minister of Transport and Communications

In office
6 June 2019 - 10 December 2019

Employment.png Member of the Finnish Parliament

In office
22 April 2015 - Present

Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who has been the Prime Minister of Finland since 10 December 2019. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2015 and served as the Minister of Transport and Communications from 6 June to 10 December 2019. After Antti Rinne's resignation in the wake of a 2019 postal strike, saw Marin elected as prime minister on 8 December 2019, just in time for COVID.

At 35, she is Finland's youngest-ever prime minister.

Early life and education

Sanna Mirella Marin was born on 16 November 1985 in Helsinki.[1][2] She also lived in Espoo and Pirkkala before moving to Tampere.[1] Her parents split up when she was very young; the family faced financial problems and Marin's father, Lauri Marin,[3] struggled with alcoholism. After her biological parents separated, Marin was brought up by her mother and her mother's female partner.[4][5][6]

Marin graduated from the Pirkkala High School in 2004 at the age of 19.[7] Marin joined the Social Democratic Youth in 2006 and was its first Vice President from 2010 to 2012.[8][1] She worked in a bakery and as a cashier while studying,[9] graduating with bachelor's and master's degrees in Administrative Science from the University of Tampere.[5][9]

Early political career

Social Democratic Party

Marin's political career was described by the BBC as "beginning at the age of 20",[4] in the years following her high school graduation and beginning her affiliation with the Social Democratic Youth.[4][8] She initially unsuccessfully ran for election to the City Council of Tampere, but was elected in the 2012 municipal elections.[4][1][10][11] She became chairperson of the City Council within months, serving from 2013 to 2017.[5] In 2017, she was re-elected to the City Council.[12] She first gained prominence after video clips of her chairing contentious meetings were shared on YouTube.[9]

Marin was elected second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2014.[13][5] In 2015, she was elected to the Finnish Parliament as an MP from the electoral district of Pirkanmaa.[14][15] On 6 June 2019, she became the Minister of Transport and Communications.[13][16][9]

On 23 August 2020, Marin was elected chair of the SDP, succeeding Antti Rinne.[17]

Prime Minister of Finland

In December 2019, Marin was nominated by the Social Democratic Party to succeed Antti Rinne as the Prime Minister of Finland,[18][19] but Rinne formally remained party leader until June 2020.[20][21] In a narrow vote, Marin prevailed over Antti Lindtman. A majority of the ministers in her five-party cabinet are women, numbering 12 out of 19 at the time of the cabinet's formation.[22][23] She is the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.[10][24][21]

Upon her confirmation by Parliament at the age of 34, she became Finland's youngest-ever prime minister, and was the youngest serving state leader until Sebastian Kurz regained the title in January 2020 [19][25][26]

During the global [[|COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 situation]] in 2020, Marin's cabinet invoked the state of emergency in Finland, with lockdowns and other drastic measures.[27]

On May 25, 2021, Finnish media reported that Marin and her family were buying about 300 euros per month in groceries with public funds as a part of the Prime Minister's tax-free housing benefits. The legality of the arrangement was questionable since the housing benefits don't explicitly include food provisions.[28][29] [30] In her defense, she said it was established practice with former PMs, something that also was questioned.[31]

Personal life

In January 2018, Marin and her fiancé, Markus Räikkönen, had a daughter, Emma.[32][33][34] In August 2020, Marin and Räikkönen married at the prime minister's official residence, Kesäranta.[35] Their permanent residence is in the Kaleva district of Tampere,[1] but during the COVID-19 pandemic, they have resided at Kesäranta.[33]

Marin describes herself as coming from a "rainbow family",[36] as she was raised by same-sex parents.[16][37][2] She was the first person in her family to attend university.[38] Marin is a vegetarian.[39]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20222 June 20225 June 2022US
Washington DC
Mandarin Oriental Hotel		The 68th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Washington DC, after an unprecedented two year hiatus during which a lot of the Bilderberg regulars were busy managing COVID-19
Bilderberg/202318 May 202321 May 2023Portugal
Lisbon
Pestana Palace Hotel		The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Lisbon, with 128 guests on the official list. The earliest in the year since 2009.
Munich Security Conference/202317 February 202319 February 2023Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland		This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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References

  1. ↑ a b c d e https://web.archive.org/web/20191219003742/https://www.sannamarin.net/henkilokuva
  2. ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/europe/finland-sanna-marin.html
  3. ↑ https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-07-02-the-father-of-prime-minister-sanna-marini-is-dead.S149zzdi0I.html
  4. ↑ a b c d https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50712230
  5. ↑ a b c d https://www.politico.eu/article/sanna-marin-comrades-meet-finland-new-prime-miniester/
  6. ↑ https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/sanna-marin-juurettomuus-pakottaa-minut-katsomaan-tulevaan
  7. ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/sanna-marin-life-of-finland-pm-youngest-world-leader-2019-12
  8. ↑ a b https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/politiikka/artikkeli-1.235456
  9. ↑ a b c d https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/how-did-finland-s-sanna-marin-become-the-world-s-youngest-prime-minister-1.4113352
  10. ↑ a b https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/finland-anoints-sanna-martin-34-as-worlds-youngest-serving-prime-minister
  11. ↑ Candidates elected Tampere Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  12. ↑ http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/KV-2017/en/val837.html
  13. ↑ a b https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1297.aspx
  14. ↑ Candidates elected Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  15. ↑ https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/fi/val07.html
  16. ↑ a b https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-5070942
  17. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11507104
  18. ↑ SDP on valinnut: Sanna Marinista tulee Suomen seuraava pääministeri – suora lähetys menossa, Yle seuraa hetki hetkeltä Yle 8 December 2019
  19. ↑ a b Finland's Social Democrats name Marin to be youngest ever prime minister. Reuters, 8 December 2019
  20. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/17078-social-democrats-selects-marin-as-its-candidate-to-succeed-rinne.html
  21. ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/world/europe/finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin.html%7C}
  22. ↑ https://nationalpost.com/news/world/ive-proven-my-abilities-finlands-sanna-marin-becomes-the-worlds-youngest-prime-minister
  23. ↑ https://www.euronews.com/2019/12/09/finland-s-sanna-marin-becomes-the-world-s-youngest-prime-minister
  24. ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/finland-leader-world-youngest-pm-34-191209080354618.html
  25. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/finlands-parliament-picks-sanna-marin-worlds-youngest-sitting-prime-minister/
  26. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-10/sanna-marin-named-as-youngest-ever-finnish-prime-minister/11778860
  27. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/17496-poll-social-democrats-overtakes-finns-party-as-most-popular-party-in-finland.html
  28. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/19285-iltalehti-sanna-marin-pays-for-her-family-s-breakfast-with-taxpayers-money.html
  29. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_pms_breakfast_viking_sally_drama_bring_your_own_pen/11950490
  30. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11955478
  31. ↑ https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/29a1a153-2e22-41f0-a0aa-7570c2741c37
  32. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10050453
  33. ↑ a b https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/sanna-marin-finland-prime-minister-interview
  34. ↑ https://qz.com/1763948/finlands-sanna-marin-to-become-youngest-sitting-prime-minister/
  35. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/prime-minister-finland-sanna-marin-married-a4514631.html
  36. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sanna-marin-family-finland-prime-minister-age-born-parents-same-sex-a9240796.html
  37. ↑ http://www.tamperelainen.fi/artikkeli/215689-uusi-valtuuston-puheenjohtaja-jakoi-nuorena-tamperelaista
  38. ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/finland-appoints-worlds-youngest-prime-minister-sanna-marin-z6rnrvdrh
  39. ↑ https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/a/c1dd11b8-1e78-4a91-8de9-dcc370491b33
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