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Hanna Kosonen

Hanna Kosonen

Current Member of Parliament

Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.04.2015–

Telephone:

09 432 3069

E-mail:

hanna.kosonen(at)parliament.fi

Home page:

hannakosonen.fi

Profession / Title:

Entrepreneur, M.Sc.

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Southeast Finland 22.04.2015–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 15.09.2022–
Commerce Committee (member) 15.09.2020–, (vice chair) 16.09.2020–
Environment Committee (member) 15.09.2020–, (Chair) 15.09.2022–
Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 08.06.2021–
Forum for International Affairs (member) 15.09.2022–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Science and Culture (Rinne) 09.08.2019–09.12.2019
  • Minister of Science and Culture (Marin) 10.12.2019–05.08.2020

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Administration Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Defence Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Commerce Committee (deputy member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (deputy member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (deputy member) 09.06.2015–06.09.2017, (Chair) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Environment Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 18.06.2019–09.08.2019
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 18.06.2019–09.08.2019
    • Finance Committee (member) 20.12.2021–07.09.2022
    • Tax Subcommittee (additional member) 20.12.2021–07.09.2022
    • Sub-committee for Employment and the Economy (member) 20.12.2021–07.09.2022
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 09.06.2015–06.09.2017
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 20.11.2015–17.06.2019
    • Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (member) 10.06.2015–09.08.2019
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Centre Party Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 14.06.2018–06.06.2019

  • Full name:
    • Kosonen, Hanna
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1976 Savonlinna
  • Present place of residence:
    • Savonlinna
  • Education:
    • matriculated 1995 (Jyväskylä Voionmaa Upper Secondary School), Master of Arts 2003 (University of Jyväskylä)
  • Career:
    • Intern, Metsäliitto communications unit 2003-2004
    • Executive director of Wood in Culture Association 2004-2005
    • Cultural producer, Maahenki Oy 2006-2007
    • Expert, Diges Association 2008-2014
    • entrepreneur 2014-