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Päivi Räsänen

Päivi Räsänen

Current Member of Parliament

Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   24.03.1995–

Telephone:

09 432 3065

E-mail:

paivi.rasanen(at)parliament.fi

Home page:

www.paivirasanen.fi

Profession / Title:

physician, Licenciate in Medicine

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Häme 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Audit Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Administration Committee (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Agriculture and Forestry Committee (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Intelligence Supervision Committee (member) 26.06.2019–
Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 18.06.2019–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of the Interior (Katainen) 22.06.2011–31.12.2013
  • Minister of the Interior (Katainen) 01.01.2014–23.06.2014
  • Minister of the Interior (Stubb) 24.06.2014–28.05.2015

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group (chair) 23.04.2019–

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Häme constituency 24.03.1995 - 23.03.1999
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Chancellery Commission (deputy member) 25.09.2015–16.04.2019, (deputy member) 02.05.2019–18.06.2019
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 05.04.1995–06.02.1997, (member) 10.02.1998–23.03.1999
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (deputy member) 05.04.1995–23.03.1999, (member) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (member) 03.04.2007–19.04.2011, (deputy member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (deputy member) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (deputy member) 03.04.2007–19.04.2011
    • Committee for the Future (member) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007
    • Employment and Equality Committee (deputy member) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007
    • Legal Affairs Committee (deputy member) 06.02.2004–20.03.2007
    • Finance Committee (member) 03.05.2011–22.06.2011
    • Audit Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Defence Committee (deputy member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Constitutional Law Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Electors (deputy member) 31.03.1995–23.03.1999
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 04.04.2007–02.05.2007, (deputy member) 10.06.2011–29.06.2011
    • Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 01.06.2007–31.05.2011
    • Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (deputy member) 30.05.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 29.06.2015–16.04.2019
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 27.03.1995–18.03.2003
    • Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group (chair) 20.03.2003–06.10.2004
    • Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 17.09.2015–22.04.2019

  • Full name:
    • Räsänen, Päivi Maria
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1959 Sonkajärvi
  • Present place of residence:
    • Riihimäki
  • Education:
    • Licenciate in Medicine 1984
  • Career:
    • Physician, internal medicine ward, Riihimäki district hospital 1985-1988
    • private physician 1988-1992
    • occupational health physician for government employees 1992-1995