Tytti Tuppurainen

Personal details

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Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering, 10 December 2019 to present
Master of Arts, Project Coordinator, Member of Parliament
Social Democratic Party
Date and place of birth: 18 February 1976 Oulu
Place of residence: Oulu

Political career

Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering, 10 December 2019 to present
Minister for European Affairs (Rinne), 6 June 2019–10 December 2019

Social Democratic Party, Board, Member 2012–2017, representative of Social Democratic Women 2017 to present
Finnish Social Democratic Women, Chair 2014 to present
Party of European Socialists (PES), Presidency, Member 2012 to present

Member of Parliament, 2011 to present
Parliament work

Oulu Local Council, Member 2000 to present
Regional Council of Oulu, Assembly, Chair -2019
Regional Council of Oulu, Assembly, member, 2020 to present

Other work experience and societal responsibilities

Oulu University of Applied Sciences, R&D coordinator, 2005–2011
Oulun Ekotuote Oy, Managing Director 1995–2000
Yritetään yhdessä ry, Project Worker 1994–2000
Oulun Suorajakelu Oy, newspaper delivery person 1989–1998

Finnish UN Association, Chair 2018–2019
Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Services (JHL), Union Council Representative 2017–2019
Tradeka, Board of Representatives, Member 2010–2019
Oulu Deaconess Institute (ODL), Supervisory Board, Member 2010–2019
Network of Female Members of Parliament, Chair 2018–2019
Oulu City Theatre, Board, Chair 2013-2018
Finnish 4H Federation, Council, Chair 2012–2016
Northern sparsely populated areas (NSPA), Representative for North Ostrobothnia 2009-2019

Publications

Pohjois-Suomeen luvassa suurinvestointien suma 2010 (A glut of major investments in Northern Finland expected in 2010)
Osaaminen Pohjois-Suomen onnistumisen avain 2010 (Know-how is key to Northern Finland’s success in 2010)

Other information

Spouse: Pertti Rauhio, Licentiate of Law, Director of Administration, Parliament
Language skills: Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Russian (basic skills)
Interests: family dog, reading, Nordic walking and sauna bathing

Profile

Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen, M.A., born 1976 in Oulu, is a Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Party.

Tytti Tuppurainen was born into a family with five children. Her father is a retired violinist from the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and her mother is a homemaker. Tuppurainen’s first paying job was delivering newspapers. She became involved in politics through her work on environmental protection and recycling. Her position as Chair of Oulun Luontonuoret, a youth association focused on nature conservation, was an important means for the young Tuppurainen to influence matters concerning the local environment. She became a frontrunner in recycling work in Oulu when, alongside her studies, she founded the company Oulun Ekotuote Oy and worked as its Managing Director.

Tuppurainen became a member of the Oulu City Council in 2000 and has held various leadership positions in the Regional Council of Oulu since 2001. Northern nature and safeguarding the everyday wellbeing of people in northern Finland have always been close to Tuppurainen’s heart.

Tytti Tuppurainen first became a Member of Parliament after a successful run in the Oulu electoral district in 2011. She worked for eight years on the Agriculture and Forestry Committee and the Grand Committee. In the Grand Committee, where she served as Deputy Chairperson in 2015–2019, Tuppurainen was able to influence Finland’s EU policy. She has also worked to advance European affairs and cooperation as Chair of her party’s Europe Working Group and as a member of the Party of European Social Democrats’ Presidency.

In addition to her political career, Tuppurainen has been active in a variety of civil society organisations. She chaired the Finnish 4H Federation in 2012–2016 and the Finnish UN Association in 2018–2019. As a feminist and advocate for gender equality, Tuppurainen has also been involved with women’s organisations. She has served as Leader of the Social Democratic Women in Finland since 2014, and chaired the Board of the Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations (NYTKIS) in 2018 and the Women’s Network in the Parliament of Finland in 2018–2019.

Along with her native Finnish, Tuppurainen speaks German, English and Swedish and has basic skills in Russian. Besides serving in politics, Tytti Tuppurainen is a mother and a wife. Her blended family consists of her husband, four adult children and a Belgian Shepherd named Rosa. Outside work, Tuppurainen enjoys looking after the family dog, reading, Nordic walking and sauna bathing.

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