Osmo Soininvaara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Osmo Soininvaara

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1951

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: politician, blogger

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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OsmoSoininvaara

Osmo Heikki Kristian Soininvaara (born 2 September 1951 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and writer.
He served as Minister of Social Services in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 14 April 2000 and 19 April 2002.
He was the leader of the Finnish Green League party from 2001 to 2005.
Currently, he is a member of the Helsinki city council. Soininvaara has a licentiate degree in statistics.
Before his political career he worked as a statistician.
He was elected in Helsinki city council in 1985 and has served in various positions of trust in the city administration since then.
He was elected in Eduskunta in 1987 and again in 1995 and was a member of parliament until 2007, when he chose not to stand for re-election.
After a break he was elected to the parliament again in 2011, serving until 2015. Soininvaara is married to Anna-Maria Soininvaara and they have three children: Ohto (born 1990), Ilppo (born 1991), and Helmi (born 1997).