Sebastian Tynkkynen

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Miika Sebastian Tynkkynen (born March 8, 1989) is a Finnish politician. He has been chairman of the Finns Party Youth and third vice chairman of the Finns Party.[1]

Life

Tynkkynen was born and still lives in Oulu, Finland. In 2011 he participated in the reality television show Big Brother.[2] In 2012 he joined the Finns Party[3] and ran for the City Council of Oulu, receiving 232 votes[4] and being not elected. In November 2014 Tynkkynen was elected chairman of the Finns Party Youth.[5] He received 1,474 votes[6] in the 2015 parliamentary election and was not elected to the Parliament. However, Tynkkynen was elected third vice chairman of the Finns Party on August 8, 2015, defeating incumbent Juho Eerola.[7]

Tynkkynen criticized the Finns Party leadership for its politics in the Sipilä Cabinet, calling for more euroskeptic and anti-immigration politics.[8] In October 2015 he was expelled from the party. The official reason for this was that he had published a list of names of party members who called for a new party congress.[8] His expulsion was considered illegal by some experts.[2] In January 2016 Tynkkynen was allowed to rejoin the party although he had to give up his position as the vice chairman.[9] On November 20, 2016 he was succeeded by Samuli Voutila as the chairman of the Finns Party Youth.[10] In January 2017, he was fined €300 for posting on Facebook, "The fewer Muslims in Finland, the better. [...] The less we see of Muslims, it is safer. We have to get rid of Islam before it is too late".[11] In April 2017 Tynkkynen was elected to the City Council of Oulu with 680 votes.[12]

Tynkkynen is bisexual.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Tynkkynen, Sebastian. "Esittely". sebastiantynkkynen.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 Taskinen, Mika-Matti (16 August 2015). "Itsenäisen Suomen puolesta – BB-Sebastianin tie perussuomalaisten johtoon ja sieltä pois". MTV3 News. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Soinin kimppuun BB-talon opeilla - tällainen mies on Sebastian Tynkkynen". Iltalehti. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Votes cast for candidates". Vaalit.fi. Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sebastian Tynkkynen on valittu PS-Nuorten puheenjohtajaksi". Finns Party Youth. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Votes cast for candidates". Vaalit.fi. Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sebastian Tynkkynen valittiin kolmanneksi varapuheenjohtajaksi". Ilta-Sanomat. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Profile: Sebastian Tynkkynen, rebel in search of a party". Yle News. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Niemitalo, Mirja (21 January 2016). "Tynkkynen iloitsee ratkaisusta – "Suhteet Soiniin erinomaiset"". Kaleva. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Perussuomalaisten nuorten uusi puheenjohtaja on Samuli Voutila". Finns Party Youth. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  11. 1 2 Hudson, David (January 26, 2017). "Finland LGBTI politician avoids jail but is fined for inciting Islamophobia". Gay Star News. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Elected". Vaalit.fi. Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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