Sirpa Paatero

Sirpa Paatero
Sirpa Paatero
Minister of Local Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 December 2019
Prime Minister	Sanna Marin
Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering
	In office; 6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019
Prime Minister	Antti Rinne
Preceded by	Anu Vehviläinen (local government); Mika Lintilä (ownership steering)
Succeeded by	Tytti Tuppurainen (ownership steering)
Minister for International Development
	In office; 26 September 2014 – 29 May 2015
Prime Minister	Alexander Stubb
Preceded by	Pekka Haavisto
Succeeded by	Lenita Toivakka
Personal details
Born	9 September 1964; Karhula, Kymenlaakso, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic

Sirpa Paatero (born 9 September 1964) is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who has been serving as Minister of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin since 2019.

Political career

In parliament, Paatero served on the Commerce Committee (2006–2014), the Defence Committee (2007–2009, 2015–2019), the Sub-Committee on Employment and Economy Affairs (2011–2014) and the Sub-Committee on Taxes (2012–2014), among others.[1]

Paatero served as the Minister for International Development in Prime Minister Alexander Stubb's cabinet (2014–2015) and again in Antti Rinne's cabinet in 2019.[2][3] She offered her resignation from the Rinne cabinet in November 2019 after failing to act to prevent state-owned postal services from cutting the pay of around 700 workers.[4][5]

Paatero is also the chairman of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.

References

Sirpa Paatero Parliament of Finland.
"Sirpa Paatero to take over as Int'l Dev minister". Finland Times. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
"Tässä he nyt ovat – Antti Rinteen viisikon kaikki ministerit" (in Finnish). Yle. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
"Minister Paatero resigns over Posti outsourcing scandal". Yle. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
Anne Kauranen (November 29, 2019), Finnish minister resigns in postal strike furore Reuters.

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[1] Sirpa Paatero Parliament of Finland.

[2] "Sirpa Paatero to take over as Int'l Dev minister". Finland Times. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[3] "Tässä he nyt ovat – Antti Rinteen viisikon kaikki ministerit" (in Finnish). Yle. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[4] "Minister Paatero resigns over Posti outsourcing scandal". Yle. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[5] Anne Kauranen (November 29, 2019), Finnish minister resigns in postal strike furore Reuters.