Tuula Haatainen

Personal details

Minister of Employment 10 December 2019 to present
Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament
Date and place of birth: 11 February 1960 Tuusniemi
Place of residence: Helsinki

Political career

Minister of Employment 10 December 2019 to present
Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Vanhanen) 23 September 2005–19 April 2007
Minister of Education (Vanhanen) 24 June 2003–23 September 2005
Minister of Education (Jäätteenmäki), 17 April 2003–24 June 2003

Member of Parliament 1996–2007, 2015 to present
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament 7 June 2019–10 December 2019
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament 5 February 2018–16 April 2019
Social Affairs and Health Committee, Chair 2015–2018, Member 1999–2003
Employment and Equality Committee, Member  1996–2003
Parliament work

Social Democratic Women, Secretary General 1989–1996

Helsinki City Council 1989–2007, 2017 to present, 1st Vice Chair 1997–2000
KT Local Government Employers, Delegation 2008–2011
Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Board 2000–2003
Helsinki University Hospital, Executive Board 1997–1999
City of Helsinki Health Care Board 1993–1996

Other work career and societal responsibilities

Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Deputy Director General 2012–2015
City of Helsinki, Deputy Mayor (Education, Culture and Personnel Affairs) 2007–2012

Advisory Committee of the European Commission’s Gender Equality Unit 1996–2002
Socialist International Women, Vice Chair 1990–993

National Advisory Board on Social Welfare and Health Care Ethics ETENE 1999–2002, 2015
Science and Technology Policy Council, Vice Chair 2003–2005
Advisory Council on Consumer Affairs 2002–2003
Council for Gender Equality, Chair 1995–2003

Alko Supervisory Board 2016–2019
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Board 2014–2015
Delegation for the Alumni Association of the University of Helsinki 2014–2015
National Board of Education, Board of Directors 2014–2015
Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters, Chair 2012 to present
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Board of Directors 2008–2011
Association for Children and Young People with Cancer (Sylva), Chair 2001–2005
Finn Church Aid, Board of Directors 2001–2003
Elanto Group Council of Representatives 1993–2003, HOK-Elanto Council of Representatives 2003–2020
UN Association of Finland, Vice Chair 1997–2003
Rautaruukki Corporation, Board of Directors 1991–2003

Publications

Arjen kuningattaret (Queens of Everyday Life), Gummerus 2006

Other information

Spouse: Janne Metsämäki
Interests: running, reading
Language skills: Finnish (mother tongue), Swedish, English, French
Haatainen has two adult children