Ville Skinnari

Angaben zur Person

Minister für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Außenhandel, seit 10.12.2019
Stellvertretender Parteivorsitzender, Jurist (Master of Laws), BBA, BA Hons
Abgeordneter zum finnischen Parlament
Sozialdemokratische Partei Finnlands
Geburtsdatum und -ort: 21.2.1974, Lahti
Wohnsitz: Lahti

Politische Karriere

Minister für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Außenhandel, seit 10.12.2019
Minister für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Außenhandel (Kabinett Rinne), 6.6.2019–10.12.2019
Sozialdemokratische Partei Finnlands, Vorstand, Mitglied 2014–2017, 3. stv. Vorsitzender, seit 2017
Abgeordneter zum finnischen Parlament, seit 2015

Stadtrat Lahti, Mitglied, seit 2012
Sozial- und Gesundheitsverband der Region Päijät-Häme, Vorstand, Vorsitzender, 2017–2019
Sozial- und Gesundheitsverband der Region Päijät-Häme, Generalversammlung, Vorsitzender, 2013–2017

Weitere Karriereschritte und gemeinnützige Tätigkeiten

Anwaltskanzlei Lexia Oy, Specialist Counsel, 2012–2015, Special Advisor, 2015–2019
Trailmaker Oy, Senior Advisor, 2013–2019
Miidia International Oy, Kleinunternehmer, 2010–2015
Nordic Business Center Naturpolis Oy, Geschäftsentwicklungs- und Programmleiter, 2005–2009
Miidia Ltd, Jurist, 2002–2005
Starcut Oy, Regional Development Manager/Apac, 2000–2001
MatchON Sports Ltd, London, 1999–2000
ICL Data Oy, Market Analyst, Helsinki, 1998
Marubeni Corporation, Corporate Training Tokio, 1997
Freiberuflicher Journalist in Japan, den Niederlanden, Großbritannien, 1995–1999
Verein der finnischen Freizeitfischer, stellvertretender Vorsitzender 2015–2017, Vorsitzender, seit 2017
Hockey Unlimited, Vorstandsmitglied, 2014–2019
Lahti Energia Oy, stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender, 2013–2017

Sonstiges

Partnerin: Tea Skinnari
Sprachkenntnisse: Finnisch, Englisch, Schwedisch
Hobbys: Diverse sportliche und kulturelle Tätigkeiten, Sommerhaus, Freizeitfischen

Profile

Ville Skinnari was born in Helsinki on 21 February 1974. He went to school in Lahti and completed his general upper secondary education at the Salpausselkä upper secondary school specialised in sports in 1993. In 1999, he earned the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in the Netherlands and in 2001 the Master of Laws (LLM Law) degree at the University of Brunel in the UK.

Sports have always played a major role in his life. He played ice hockey as a junior and in the men’s team until 1995, and continued to play both in the Netherlands and UK. Last season Skinnari was the captain of the Parliament’s football team and chaired the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing. In his free time he enjoys sports and culture in many forms, as well as fishing. His wife is a Physical Education Instructor, and they have three children.

What attracted him to international business life and to promoting the internationalisation of Finnish companies was a corporate training period in Japan. Since then he has worked in various positions in the field of international trade, including in developing Nokia’s service business for the Asian and European markets and serving as the Business Development Director for Koillismaa. He has run a small company of his own and worked as a specialist in international law.

Skinnari has served as Member of Parliament since 2015. At the Parliament he has been a member of the Constitutional Law Committee, Commerce Committee and Transport and Communications Committee. He has also been a member of the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council.

He has served as the vice-chair of the Social Democratic Party since 2017 and member of the Lahti City Council since 2012.