Maarit Feldt-Ranta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maarit Feldt-Ranta

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1968

Place of Birth: Karis, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: politician

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Maarit Feldt-Ranta

  • Maarit Kristiina Feldt-Ranta (26 April 1968 – 27 November 2019) was a Finnish politician, who represented the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
  • She had represented the electoral district of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since 2007.
  • In 2017, she was elected as the vice-chair of the party.On 21 June 2017, Feldt-Ranta announced that she would seek the candidacy of the SDP in the 2018 presidential election.
  • She took part in the party primary against Tuula Haatainen and Sirpa Paatero.
  • Feldt-Ranta finished second on the primary, gaining 42.3% of the votes behind Tuula Haatainen's 48.6 %.On January 2019, Feldt-Ranta announced that she wouldn't run for parliament in the 2019 elections due to her stomach cancer returning.
  • She had fought cancer twice previously.
  • In May 2019, she announced that she would discontinue treatment for her cancer.
  • She died six months later on 27 November.

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