Mika Lintilä

Mika Tapani Lintilä (born 15 April 1966) is a Finnish politician currently serving as Minister of Economic Affairs.[1] A member of the Centre Party, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1999.[2] Lintilä has formerly served as Minister of Economic Affairs in Sipilä Cabinet from 2016 until 2019 and as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland in Rinne Cabinet in 2019.[3]

Mika Lintilä
34th Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
In office
6 June 2019 – 12 September 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Preceded byPetteri Orpo
Succeeded byKatri Kulmuni
Minister of Finance
In office
6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Preceded byPetteri Orpo
Succeeded byKatri Kulmuni
Minister of Economic Affairs
Assumed office
10 December 2019
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Preceded byKatri Kulmuni
In office
29 December 2016 – 6 June 2019
Prime MinisterJuha Sipilä
Preceded byOlli Rehn
Succeeded byKatri Kulmuni
Personal details
Born (1966-04-15) 15 April 1966
Toholampi, Finland
Political partyCentre Party
Alma materTampere University
Websitewww.mikalintila.fi

Early life and education

Lintilä is the son of the Centre Party MP Aaro Lintilä.[4] He holds a Bachelor of Administrative Sciences from Tampere University.[5]

Political career

Member of the Finnish Parliament, 1999–present

Lintilä has been serving as a member of the Finnish Parliament since the 1999 elections. He has since served on a variety of committees, including the following:

  • Commerce Committee (member) 07.04.1999 - 18.03.2003
  • Committee for the Future (deputy member) 23.04.1999 - 29.02.2000, (deputy member) 03.03.2000 - 15.03.2002, (member) 19.03.2002 - 18.03.2003, (deputy member) 03.04.2007 - 02.05.2007, (member) 05.05.2015 - 08.06.2015
  • Finance Committee (deputy member) 28.11.2000 - 04.09.2001, (deputy member) 02.04.2003 - 25.04.2003, (member) 29.04.2003 - 20.03.2007, (member) 03.05.2007 - 19.04.2011, (deputy member) 03.05.2011 - 29.06.2011, (member) 30.06.2011 - 21.04.2015
  • Administration Committee (deputy member) 02.04.2003 - 08.09.2006, (deputy member) 05.05.2015 - 08.06.2015
  • Subcommittee for Administration and Control (member) 08.04.2003 - 20.03.2007
  • Tax Subcommittee (member) 08.04.2003 - 20.03.2007, (Chair) 04.05.2007 - 19.04.2011, (member) 01.09.2011 - 21.04.2015
  • Subcommittee for Education and Science (additional member) 08.04.2003 - 05.05.2003, (member) 06.05.2003 - 20.03.2007
  • Sub-committee for Employment and the Economy (member) 04.05.2007 - 19.04.2011, (member) 01.09.2011 - 21.04.2015
  • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 03.05.2011 - 29.06.2011
  • Audit Committee (member) 30.06.2011 - 21.04.2015
  • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 05.05.2015 - 08.06.2015
  • Electors (member) 06.04.1999 - 29.02.2000
  • Parliamentary Auditors (deputy member) 01.01.2000 - 31.12.2007
  • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 14.04.2000 - 02.05.2007, (Chair) 30.11.2004 - 02.05.2007
  • Parliamentary State Auditors (deputy member) 01.01.2004 - 20.03.2007
  • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 03.05.2007 - 29.06.2011
  • Commissioners to the Government Guarantee Fund (member) 30.06.2011 - 12.03.2015, (vice chair) 21.09.2011 - 12.03.2015
  • Finance Committee (member) 09.06.2015–present
  • Subcommittee for Administration and Security (member) 11.09.2015–present
  • Tax Subcommittee (Chair) 11.09.2015–present
  • Commerce Committee (member) 09.06.2015–present

In addition to his committee assignments, Lintilä has been a deputy member of the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (since 1999) and a full member of the delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (since 2015).[6]

Minister of Economic Affairs, 2016–2019

On 27 October 2016, Lintilä was elected within the Centre Party to follow Olli Rehn as a Minister of Economic Affairs starting 29 December 2016.[7][8]

During his time in office, Finland's center-right government sold stakes in oil refiner and biofuel company Neste[9] while also strengthening national influence over the telecom network gear maker Nokia.[10]

Minister of Finance, 2019

Following the 2019 national elections, the Centre Party named Mika Lintilä as its candidate for the post of finance minister in the newly formed, centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Antti Rinne of the Social Democrats.[11] In this capacity, he chaired the meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council when Finland held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2019.[12]

After the collapse of the Rinne Cabinet, the leader of the Center Party Katri Kulmuni took the seat of the Minister of Finance in the following Marin Cabinet, while Lintilä was given the portfolio of the Minister of Economic Affairs[13]

Other activities

European Union organizations

International organizations

Finnish organizations
  • Yle, Member of the Administrative Council (2011–2019)
  • Bank of Finland, Deputy Member of the Board of Auditors (2004-2006)

Political positions

In response to the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Lintilä demanded publicly that the European Union should block imports of beef from Brazil, and also consider a suspension of soybeans import to put pressure on the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to counter the fires.[21]

References
  1. "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "MPs: Mika Lintilä". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. "Katri Kulmunista pääministerin ensimmäinen sijainen". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  4. "Mika Lintilä – Hevosmies ministeriksi". Yle. MPs: Mika Lintilä. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  5. Board of Governors: Mika Lintilä European Stability Mechanism.
  6. "Tervetuloa Mika Lintilän kotisivuille - Mika Lintilä". www.mikalintila.fi.
  7. "Ministeriksi valittu Mika Lintilä: "Odotin tätä 18 vuotta"". Iltalehti.fi. MPs: Mika Lintilä. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. Tuomas Forsell (October 27, 2016), Finnish MP Lintila named as new Minister of Economic Affairs: PM Sipila Reuters.
  9. Jussi Rosendahl (June 13, 2018), Finland cuts stake in biofuel firm Neste with $1 billion deal Reuters.
  10. Jussi Rosendahl (March 13, 2018), Finland boosts influence on Nokia with $1 billion investment Reuters.
  11. Tarmo Virki (June 3, 2019), Finland's Centre names Mika Lintila for finance minister in new cabinet Reuters.
  12. Francesco Guarascio (September 13, 2019), EU should stop import of beef, soybeans from Brazil over Amazon fires: Finland Reuters.
  13. "Katri Kulmunista valtiovarainministeri, Mika Lintilä siirtyy elinkeinoministeriksi – vaihto tuli muulle puolueelle yllätyksenä" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  14. Board of Governors European Investment Bank (EIB).
  15. Board of Governors: Mika Lintilä European Stability Mechanism.
  16. Board of Governors Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
  17. Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  18. Board of Governors Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
  19. Board of Governors Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
  20. Board of Governors World Bank.
  21. Francesco Guarascio (September 13, 2019), EU should stop import of beef, soybeans from Brazil over Amazon fires: Finland Reuters.
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