Contact details
Secretary to the Minister
Ms Airi Aurela
Tel. +358 295 350 629
State Secretary
Mr Ville Kopra
Tel. +358 295 047 184
[email protected]
Advisers
Ms Kirsi Airio, Special Adviser (Development policy)
Tel. +358 50 574 1729
Ms Tiina Vainio, Special Adviser (Media relations & Export)
Tel. +358 50 524 6559
Mr Juha Niemi, Special Adviser (Diplomatic Adviser)
Tel. +358 50 478 1387
Mr Mikko Autti, Special Adviser (Diplomatic Adviser)
Tel. +358 50 466 2833
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Eteläesplanadi 4, Helsinki
PO Box 176
FI-00023 Government, Finland
[email protected]
Current issues
Prime Minister Marin to visit Japan
Procurement of fighter jets to bring work and livelihood to Finland
Record number of participants attend Pre-Summit ahead of UN Food Systems Summit in September
President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss Russia and Government’s Defence Report
Finland ranks first in international sustainable development comparison
President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss Government’s Defence Report
World Bank Group President David Malpass visits Finland
President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss Finland’s crisis management participation, NATO partnership, China, and Government’s Defence Report
President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss Finland’s participation in NATO mission in Iraq, Government’s Defence Report and EU security and defence cooperation
Ministers Lintilä and Skinnari to promote Finnish exports to Sweden in the food, textiles and health sectors
Личные данные
Министр международного развития и внешней торговли с 10.12.2019
Заместитель председателя партии, юрист (Master of Laws), BBA, BA Hons
Депутат Парламента
Партия: Социал-демократическая партия Финляндии
Дата и место рождения: 21.02.1974 Лахти
Место жительства: Лахти
Политическая карьера
Министр международного развития и внешней торговли с 10.12.2019
Министр международного развития и внешней торговли в кабинете Антти Ринне 06.06.2019–10.12.2019
Член правления Социал-демократической партии Финляндии 2014–2017 гг., 3-й заместитель председателя с 2017 г. – н. в.
Депутат Парламента с 2015 г. – н. в.
Член городского совета Лахти с 2012 г. – н. в.
Председатель правления консорциума по обеспечению услуг благосостояния Päijät-Hämeen hyvinvointiyhtymä 2017–2019 гг.
Член совета консорциума по обеспечению здравоохранения и социальных услуг Päijät-Hämeen sosiaali- ja terveysyhtymä 2013–2017 гг.
Прочая профессиональная и общественная деятельность
Консультант в адвокатском бюро Lexia Oy 2012–2015 гг., советник 2015–2019 гг.
Советник компании Trailmaker Oy 2013–2019 гг.
Малый предприниматель в Miidia International Oy 2010–2015 гг.
Директор по развитию бизнеса в Северной Финляндии и руководитель программы в компании Naturpolis Oy 2005–2009 гг.
Юрист в комнании Miidia Ltd 2002–2005 гг.
Менеджер по вопросам развития западного азиатско-тихоокеанского региона в компании Starcut Oy 2000–2001 гг.
Сотрудник компании MatchON Sports Ltd в Лондоне 1999–2000 гг.
Маркетолог-аналитик в компании ICL Data Oy 1998 г.
Корпоративное обучение в компании Marubeni Corporation в Токио 1997 г.
Журналист-фрилансер в Японии, Голландии и Великобритании 1995–1999 гг.
Заместитель председателя общества рыболовов-любителей Финляндии Suomen vapaa-ajan kalastajat ry 2015–2017 гг., председатель с 2017 г. – н. в.
Член правления компании Hockey Unlimited 2014–2019 гг.
Заместитель председателя правления энергокомпании Lahti Energia Oy 2013–2017 гг.
Прочие сведения
Супруга: Теа Скиннари
Знание языков: финский, английский, шведский
Увлечения: спорт и культура в разных проявлениях, дачный отдых и любительская рыбалка
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.
Further information
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