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Place of Birth: Tuusniemi, Eastern Finland Province, Finland
About Tuula Haatainen
- Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960 in Tuusniemi) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party.
- She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.In 2007 Haatainen was chosen as the Deputy Mayor of Helsinki and she left the parliament.
- She returned to the parliament following the 2015 elections, in which she received 6,662 personal votes.On 2 September 2017, Haatainen was nominated as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2018 presidential election.
- In the election, Haatainen placed sixth with 3.3 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term with a majority of votes.After the presidential election, on 5 February 2018, Haatainen was elected as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.
- She served in the position until the collapse of Rinne Cabinet in December 2019, after which she joined the subsequent Marin Cabinet as Minister of Employment.
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