Jenni Haukio Explained

Jenni Haukio
Office:Spouse of the President of Finland
Term Label:In role
President:Sauli Niinistö
Term Start:1 March 2012
Term End:1 March 2024
Predecessor:Pentti Arajärvi
Successor:Suzanne Innes-Stubb
Birth Name:Jenni Elina Haukio
Birth Date:7 April 1977
Birth Place:Pori, Finland
Children:1
Alma Mater:University of Turku (M.Soc.Sc.)
University of Helsinki (D.Soc.Sc.)
Occupation:Poet

Jenni Elina Haukio (born 7 April 1977) is a Finnish poet, political scientist and the spouse of the president of Finland from 2012 to 2024. She is the second wife of the former president of Finland, Sauli Niinistö.

Career

Haukio graduated from the University of Turku with a master of political sciences degree in 2001.[1] She completed her political science doctoral thesis on the digitisation of party campaigns at the University of Helsinki in 2022.[2]

She worked at the University of Turku, first as a research assistant and then as a communications officer. From 2003 to 2005, she was a parliamentary assistant, and from 2005 to 2012 she worked for the National Coalition Party. Since February 2012, Haukio has been the programme manager for the Turku Book Fair.[3]

Haukio has published three poetry collections. The first one won a national debut poet contest, Runo-Kaarina, in 1999.

Personal life

Haukio met Sauli Niinistö, then a widower, in 2005, while she was working for the National Coalition Party. Haukio interviewed Niinistö for the party's Nykypäivä magazine.[4] They later became a couple, but they kept their relationship a secret from the public until their marriage on 3 January 2009.[5] Their first child, a son named Aaro Veli Väinämö Niinistö, was born on 2 February 2018.[6] [7]

Honours

Finnish decorations

Foreign decorations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jenni Haukio, spouse of the President of the Republic — The President of the Republic of Finland: Spouse: Biography. Tpk.fi. 29 April 2012.
  2. Web site: First lady to defend doctoral thesis. Yle.fi. 17 September 2022. 3 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Biography of Jenni Haukio . 18 July 2020 . Presidentti . en-US.
  4. Web site: Sauli Niinistön ja Jenni Haukion rakkaustarina: Suhde pysyi vuosia salassa. Ilta-Sanomat. 2 February 2018. 4 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Niinistö yllätti kokoomuslaiset "housut kintuissa" . UusiSuomi.fi.
  6. News: Inka. Simola . Some sekosi Sauli Niinistön ja Jenni Haukion lapsiuutisesta: "Tätä olemme hiljaa odottaneet" . . 9 October 2017 . 30 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131031217/http://newsnowfinland.fi/domestic/baby-announcement-for-president-and-first-lady . 31 January 2018 . live.
  7. News: Baby Announcement for President and First Lady . News Now Finland . 9 October 2017 . 30 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131031217/http://newsnowfinland.fi/domestic/baby-announcement-for-president-and-first-lady . 31 January 2018 . live.
  8. Web site: Modtagere af danske dekorationer . kongehuset.dk . 29 May 2023 . da .
  9. Web site: Jenni Haukio . president.ee . 29 May 2023 . et .
  10. Web site: Orðuhafaskrá . Forseti.is . 29 May 2023 . is .
  11. Web site: Ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni apbalvoto personu reģistrs apbalvošanas secībā, sākot no 2004. gada 1.oktobra. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113109/https://www.president.lv/images/modules/items/DOC/20150608_tzo_registrs.doc. 2016-03-04. 11. lv. DOC.
  12. http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WMP20150000455/O/M20150455.pdf Monitor Polski z 2015 r. poz. 455
  13. Web site: Niinistön ja Haukion uudet mitalit tallentuivat kuviin – rintamerkit täynnä symboliikkaa . Kauppinen . Ina . Ilta-Sanomat . 15 September 2023 . 22 May 2024 . fi .