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 Sanna Marin  link
(Politician, Deep state functionary?)
Born16 November 1985
NationalityFinnish
Alma materUniversity of Tampere
InterestsNATO
PartySocial Democratic Party of Finland
World Economic Young Leader and Finland's youngest-ever prime minister.

Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who became the Prime Minister of Finland on 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, allegedly in the wake of a minor 2019 postal strike, saw Marin elected as prime minister on 8 December 2019, just in time for COVID.

At 35, with as good as no political experience, she is Finland's youngest-ever prime minister. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she has pushed hard for her country to join NATO alongside Magdalena Andersson of Sweden.[1]

She was defeated for re-election in the 2023 parliamentary election, where her SDP placed third place. After stepping down as party leader soon after, she got a new job at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change[2].

Early life and education

Sanna Mirella Marin was born on 16 November 1985 in Helsinki.[3][4] She also lived in Espoo and Pirkkala before moving to Tampere.[3] Her parents split up when she was very young; the family faced financial problems and Marin's father, Lauri Marin,[5] struggled with alcoholism. After her biological parents separated, Marin was brought up by her mother and her mother's female partner.[6][7][8]

Marin graduated from the Pirkkala High School in 2004 at the age of 19.[9] Marin joined the Social Democratic Youth in 2006 and was its first Vice President from 2010 to 2012.[10][3] She worked in a bakery and as a cashier while studying,[11] graduating with bachelor's and master's degrees in Administrative Science from the University of Tampere.[7][11]

Early political career

Social Democratic Party

Marin's political career was described by the BBC as "beginning at the age of 20",[6] in the years following her high school graduation and beginning her affiliation with the Social Democratic Youth.[6][10] She initially unsuccessfully ran for election to the City Council of Tampere, but was elected in the 2012 municipal elections.[6][3][12][13] She became chairperson of the City Council within months, serving from 2013 to 2017.[7] In 2017, she was re-elected to the City Council.[14] She first gained prominence after video clips of her chairing contentious meetings were shared on YouTube.[11]

Marin was elected second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2014.[15][7] In 2015, she was elected to the Finnish Parliament as an MP from the electoral district of Pirkanmaa.[16][17] On 6 June 2019, she became the Minister of Transport and Communications.[15][18][11]

On 23 August 2020, Marin was elected chair of the SDP, succeeding Antti Rinne.[19]

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,[20][21] but Rinne formally remained party leader until June 2020.[22][23] 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.[24][25] She is the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.[12][26][23]

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 [21][27][28]

During the global "COVID-19 pandemic" in 2020, Marin's cabinet invoked the state of emergency in Finland, with lockdowns and other drastic measures.[29]

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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.[30][31] [32] In her defense, she said it was established practice with former PMs, something that also was questioned.[33]

Tony Blair Institute

She was defeated for re-election in the 2023 parliamentary election, where her SDP placed third place. After stepping down as party leader soon after, she got a new job at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change[34].

Personal life

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In August 2022 a video surfaced which showed her at a private party dancing with friends.[35][36] When questions came up about the circumstances afterwards, she committed to have a drug test.[37][38]

Marin describes herself as coming from a "rainbow family",[39] as she was raised by same-sex parents.[18][40][4] She was the first person in her family to attend university.[41] Marin is a vegetarian.[42]

In January 2018, Marin and her fiancé, Markus Räikkönen, had a daughter, Emma.[43][44][45] In August 2020, Marin and Räikkönen married at the prime minister's official residence, Kesäranta.[46] Their permanent residence is in the Kaleva district of Tampere,[3] but during the COVID-19 event, they resided at Kesäranta.[44]

After her quitting politics, the couple filed for divorce in May 2023.[47]


References

  1. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-says-nato-talks-with-turkey-will-continue-2022-06-01/
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/sanna-marin-finland-prime-minister-tony-blair-institute
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20191219003742/https://www.sannamarin.net/henkilokuva
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/europe/finland-sanna-marin.html
  5. ↑ https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-07-02-the-father-of-prime-minister-sanna-marini-is-dead.S149zzdi0I.html
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50712230
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://www.politico.eu/article/sanna-marin-comrades-meet-finland-new-prime-miniester/
  8. ↑ https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/sanna-marin-juurettomuus-pakottaa-minut-katsomaan-tulevaan
  9. ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/sanna-marin-life-of-finland-pm-youngest-world-leader-2019-12
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/politiikka/artikkeli-1.235456
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/how-did-finland-s-sanna-marin-become-the-world-s-youngest-prime-minister-1.4113352
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/finland-anoints-sanna-martin-34-as-worlds-youngest-serving-prime-minister
  13. ↑ Candidates elected Tampere Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  14. ↑ http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/KV-2017/en/val837.html
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1297.aspx
  16. ↑ Candidates elected Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  17. ↑ https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/fi/val07.html
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-5070942
  19. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11507104
  20. ↑ SDP on valinnut: Sanna Marinista tulee Suomen seuraava pääministeri – suora lähetys menossa, Yle seuraa hetki hetkeltä Yle 8 December 2019
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Finland's Social Democrats name Marin to be youngest ever prime minister. Reuters, 8 December 2019
  22. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/17078-social-democrats-selects-marin-as-its-candidate-to-succeed-rinne.html
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/world/europe/finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin.html%7C}
  24. ↑ https://nationalpost.com/news/world/ive-proven-my-abilities-finlands-sanna-marin-becomes-the-worlds-youngest-prime-minister
  25. ↑ https://www.euronews.com/2019/12/09/finland-s-sanna-marin-becomes-the-world-s-youngest-prime-minister
  26. ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/finland-leader-world-youngest-pm-34-191209080354618.html
  27. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/finlands-parliament-picks-sanna-marin-worlds-youngest-sitting-prime-minister/
  28. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-10/sanna-marin-named-as-youngest-ever-finnish-prime-minister/11778860
  29. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/17496-poll-social-democrats-overtakes-finns-party-as-most-popular-party-in-finland.html
  30. ↑ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/19285-iltalehti-sanna-marin-pays-for-her-family-s-breakfast-with-taxpayers-money.html
  31. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_pms_breakfast_viking_sally_drama_bring_your_own_pen/11950490
  32. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11955478
  33. ↑ https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/29a1a153-2e22-41f0-a0aa-7570c2741c37
  34. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/sanna-marin-finland-prime-minister-tony-blair-institute
  35. ↑ http://archive.today/2022.09.07-212616/https://injektiopiikki-com.translate.goog/2022/08/24/jauhojengi-paaministerin-parhaat-ystavat/?_x_tr_sl=fi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc (original article in Finnish)
  36. ↑ PM Sanna Marin and her Powder Gang
  37. ↑ KPIX CBS SF Bay Area Finland PM Sanna Marin fends off criticism over party pictures
  38. ↑ https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/finnish-pm-sanna-marins-drug-test-negative-after-partying/
  39. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sanna-marin-family-finland-prime-minister-age-born-parents-same-sex-a9240796.html
  40. ↑ http://www.tamperelainen.fi/artikkeli/215689-uusi-valtuuston-puheenjohtaja-jakoi-nuorena-tamperelaista
  41. ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/finland-appoints-worlds-youngest-prime-minister-sanna-marin-z6rnrvdrh
  42. ↑ https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/a/c1dd11b8-1e78-4a91-8de9-dcc370491b33
  43. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10050453
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/sanna-marin-finland-prime-minister-interview
  45. ↑ https://qz.com/1763948/finlands-sanna-marin-to-become-youngest-sitting-prime-minister/
  46. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/prime-minister-finland-sanna-marin-married-a4514631.html
  47. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/10/finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin-files-for-divorce
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