Tarja Cronberg

Who is Tarja Cronberg?

Tarja Cronberg is a Finnish politician and a member of the European Parliament. She is the chair of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Iran and is a member of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

Cronberg was a Member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She was elected as the chairperson of her party in 2005 and remained in this position until 2009. She was the Minister of Labour in the Finnish government from 2007-2009 as part of Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet.

Cronberg was born in Helsinki, Finland and currently resides in Polvijärvi. She holds two Ph.D. degrees: in technology from Lund University, Sweden and in business administration from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Cronberg has worked in various positions in both business and education, such as an associate professorship at the Technical University of Denmark, among others. She has long exercised political leadership in Europe's networked society. Currently a member of the European Parliament she was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007 and a former Minister of Labor. She chaired the Green League party from 2005 to 2009 and served on several parliamentary committees. She was a member of the EU Competitiveness Council and of the EU Employment and Social Affairs Council.