Jari Lindström

Jari Lindström
Minister of Labour
Assumed office
29 May 2015
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä
Preceded by Anna-Maja Henriksson (Justice)
Lauri Ihalainen (Employment)
Succeeded by Antti Häkkänen (Justice)
Member of Finnish Parliament for
South-Eastern Finland
Assumed office
22 April 2015
Member of Finnish Parliament
for Kymi
In office
20 April 2011 – 21 April 2015
Personal details
Born (1965-06-28) 28 June 1965
Kuusankoski, Finland
(now Kouvola)
Nationality Finnish
Political party Blue Reform (2017–)
Finns Party (until 2017)
Spouse(s) Outi Lindström (2001-present)

Jari Tapani Lindström (born 28 June 1965) is a Finnish politician and current Minister of Labor.[1] He represented the Finns Party till 2017 and was first elected to the Parliament in 2011 in the former constituency of Kymi. In 2014, Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group.[2] In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat, standing in the newly formed South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Labor in May 2015.[3][4]

On 13 June 2017, Lindström and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group.[5]

Lindström worked at a paper mill and is also a qualified laboratory technician.[6] He has voiced his support for capital punishment under certain circumstances.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Leadership of the Ministry". Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/jari_lindstrom_perussuomalaisten_ryhmanjohtajaksi/7065972 YLE Uutiset: Jari Lindström perussuomalaisten ryhmänjohtajaksi (3 February 2014) (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/thursdays_papers_new_government_under_the_microscope_and_finlands_fifa_conundrum/8023254 YLE News: Thursday's papers: New government under the microscope and Finland's FIFA conundrum (28 May 2015)
  5. ↑ "Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset". Yle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.jarppalindstrom.net/5 Jari Lindström's Home Page (accessed 30 May 2015)
  7. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/thursdays_papers_new_government_under_the_microscope_and_finlands_fifa_conundrum/8023254 YLE News: Thursday's papers: New government under the microscope and Finland's FIFA conundrum (28 May 2015)
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