Mari Rantanen

Mari Rantanen
Rantanen in 2023
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
17 April 2019
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
20 June 2023
Prime MinisterPetteri Orpo
Preceded byKrista Mikkonen
Personal details
Born (1976-03-29) 29 March 1976 (age 48)
Political partyFinns Party

Mari Rantanen (born 29 March 1976) is a Finnish politician of the Finns Party currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Helsinki constituency. As a Member of Parliament, she has served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs in 2019-2022. Rantanen was elected Chairman of the Committee on Administrative Affairs in November 2022.[1] Before her political career, Rantanen worked as a nurse and as a police officer.[1][2]

In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of the Interior in the Orpo Cabinet.[3]

  1. ^ a b The Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) profile: Mari Rantanen
  2. ^ Aalto, Esa (19 June 2023). "Uusi sisäministeri Mari Rantanen: Tällä hallituskaudella ei pelastajien amk-koulutusta edistetä - tavoitteena valtion rahoitus Pelastuskoululle".
  3. ^ "Prime Minister Orpo's Government appointed". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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