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Johanna Ojala-Niemelä

Johanna Ojala-Niemelä

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   21.03.2007–

Telephone:

09 432 3157

E-mail:

johanna.ojala-niemela(at)parliament.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Laws with court training, vocational qualification in foreign trade

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Lapland 21.03.2007–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 02.06.2021–
Constitutional Law Committee (member) 01.06.2021–, (Chair) 02.06.2021–
Audit Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Forum for International Affairs (member) 02.06.2021–
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (deputy member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 10.09.2009–29.06.2011, (Chair) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (deputy member) 30.06.2011–17.06.2019, (Chair) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020
    • Administration Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2007–09.09.2009, (deputy member) 03.05.2011–11.02.2014, (member) 12.02.2014–03.09.2014
    • Legal Affairs Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 30.06.2011–13.02.2018
    • Audit Committee (member) 11.09.2008–09.09.2009, (member) 13.04.2010–29.06.2011, (vice chair) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 30.06.2011–11.02.2014, (deputy member) 14.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Committee for the Future (deputy member) 12.02.2014–08.06.2015
    • Commerce Committee (member) 03.10.2014–08.06.2015, (deputy member) 09.06.2015–08.09.2016, (member) 09.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Finance Committee (member) 14.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) 23.02.2018–16.04.2019
    • Communications Subcommittee (member) 23.02.2018–16.04.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (deputy member) 10.06.2011–21.04.2015
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (member) 15.05.2007–19.04.2011, (vice chair) 27.09.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (vice chair) 01.07.2011–21.04.2015, (Finland”s representative at the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region) 16.10.2012–21.04.2015, (member) 10.06.2015–16.04.2019, (vice chair) 16.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (2nd vice chair) 22.06.2011–29.09.2014
    • Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 30.09.2014–18.06.2019
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 2007–02.02.2010
    • Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 22.06.2011–18.06.2019
  • Full name:
    • Ojala-Niemelä, Johanna Katriina
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1974 Muonio
  • Present place of residence:
    • Rovaniemi
  • Education:
    • matriculated  (Muonion lukio), Foreign trade diploma  (Rovaniemen kauppaoppilaitos), Master of Laws  (University of Lapland)
  • Career:
    • special adviser to Minister of Justice Luhtanen 2005-2007
    • special adviser to Minister of Justice Koskinen 2003-2005
    • secretary of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group 2001-2002
    • personal assistant to MP Johannes Koskinen 2001-2002