Osmo Soininvaara
Politician
1951 –
Who is Osmo Soininvaara?
Osmo Heikki Kristian Soininvaara is a Finnish politician and writer. He served as Minister of Health on Social Services in Lipponen's second cabinet between 14 April 2000 and 19 April 2002. He was the leader of the Finnish Green League party from 2001 to 2005. Currently, he is a member of parliament and of the Helsinki city council.
Soininvaara has a licentiate degree in statistics. Before his political career he worked as a statistician. He was elected in Helsinki city council in 1985 and has served in various positions of trust in the city administration since then. He was elected in Eduskunta in 1987 and again in 1995 and was a member of parliament until 2007, when he chose not to stand for re-election. After a break he was elected to the parliament again in 2011.
Osmo Soininvaara is married to Anna-Maria Soininvaara and they have three children: Ohto, Ilppo, and Helmi.
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1951
Finland - Nationality
- Finland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Helsinki
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on July 23, 2013
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