Merja Kyllönen

Merja Kyllönen
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency Finland
Minister of Transport
In office
22 June 2011 – 24 April 2014
Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen
Preceded by Anu Vehviläinen
Succeeded by Henna Virkkunen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
21 March 2007 – 30 June 2014
Constituency Oulu[1]
Personal details
Born (1977-01-25) 25 January 1977
Suomussalmi, Finland
Political party  Finnish
Left Alliance
 EU
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
Website www.merjakyllonen.fi

Merja Kyllönen (born 25 January 1977) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Left Alliance, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. She was the Minister of Transport in Katainen Cabinet 2011–2014. Since 2014, she has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), representing Finland.[2]

In 2018, Kyllönen was the candidate of the Left Alliance in the Finnish presidential election.[3] In the election, Kyllönen placed seventh with 3 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term with a majority of votes.[4]

Parliamentary service

  • Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • Member, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

References

  1. ↑ "Merja Kyllönen" (in Finnish). Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Merja KYLLÖNEN". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. ↑ Left Alliance’s Kyllönen third candidate to enter 2018 presidential race Yle News on 18 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Presidentinvaali 2018, 1. vaali: Ehdokkaiden äänet" (in Finnish). Ministry of Justice. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.


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