Mika Lintilä Explained

Mika Lintilä
Office:33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
Primeminister:Antti Rinne
Term Start:6 June 2019
Term End:12 September 2019
Predecessor:Petteri Orpo
Successor:Katri Kulmuni
Office1:Minister of Finance
Primeminister1:Antti Rinne
Term Start1:6 June 2019
Term End1:10 December 2019
Predecessor1:Petteri Orpo
Successor1:Katri Kulmuni
Office2:Minister of Economic Affairs
Primeminister2:Sanna Marin
Term Start2:10 December 2019
Term End2:20 June 2023
Predecessor2:Katri Kulmuni
Successor2:Vilhelm Junnila
Primeminister3:Juha Sipilä
Term Start3:29 December 2016
Term End3:6 June 2019
Predecessor3:Olli Rehn
Successor3:Katri Kulmuni
Birth Date:15 April 1966
Birth Place:Toholampi, Finland
Party:Centre
Alma Mater:Tampere University
Office4:Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Vaasa
Term Start4:24 March 1999

Mika Tapani Lintilä (born 15 April 1966) is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2023.[1] A member of the Centre Party, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1999.[2] Lintilä has formerly served as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Sipilä Cabinet from 2016 to 2019 and as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland in the Rinne Cabinet in 2019.[3]

Early life and education

Lintilä is the son of the Centre Party MP Aaro Lintilä.[4] He holds a Bachelor of Administrative Sciences from the University of Tampere.[5]

Political career

Member of the Finnish Parliament, 1999–present

Lintilä has been serving as a member of the Finnish Parliament since the 1999 elections. He has since served on a variety of committees, including the following:

In addition to his committee assignments, Lintilä has been a deputy member of the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (since 1999) and a full member of the delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (since 2015).[6]

Minister of Economic Affairs, 2016–2019

On 27 October 2016, Lintilä was elected within the Centre Party to follow Olli Rehn as a Minister of Economic Affairs starting 29 December 2016.[7] [8]

During his time in office, Finland's center-right government sold stakes in oil refiner and biofuel company Neste[9] while also strengthening national influence over the telecom network gear maker Nokia.[10]

Minister of Finance, 2019

Following the 2019 national elections, the Centre Party named Mika Lintilä as its candidate for the post of finance minister in the newly formed, centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Antti Rinne of the Social Democrats.[11] In this capacity, he chaired the meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council when Finland held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2019.[12]

After the collapse of the Rinne Cabinet, the leader of the Center Party Katri Kulmuni took the seat of the Minister of Finance in the following Marin Cabinet, while Lintilä was given the portfolio of the Minister of Economic Affairs.[13]

Other activities

European Union organizations

International organizations

Finnish organizations

Political positions

In response to the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Lintilä demanded publicly that the European Union should block imports of beef from Brazil, and also consider a suspension of soybeans import to put pressure on the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to counter the fires.[21]

Honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri . Yle . Finnish . 11 December 2019 . 9 December 2019.
  2. News: MPs: Mika Lintilä . Parliament of Finland . 27 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Katri Kulmunista pääministerin ensimmäinen sijainen. Valtioneuvosto. en-US. 12 September 2019.
  4. News: Mika Lintilä – Hevosmies ministeriksi . MPs: Mika Lintilä . Yle . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016.
  5. https://www.esm.europa.eu/content/mika-lintil%C3%A4 Board of Governors: Mika Lintilä
  6. Web site: Tervetuloa Mika Lintilän kotisivuille – Mika Lintilä. www.mikalintila.fi.
  7. News: Ministeriksi valittu Mika Lintilä: "Odotin tätä 18 vuotta" . MPs: Mika Lintilä . Iltalehti.fi . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016.
  8. Tuomas Forsell (27 October 2016), Finnish MP Lintila named as new Minister of Economic Affairs: PM Sipila Reuters.
  9. Jussi Rosendahl (13 June 2018), Finland cuts stake in biofuel firm Neste with $1 billion deal Reuters.
  10. Jussi Rosendahl (13 March 2018), Finland boosts influence on Nokia with $1 billion investment Reuters.
  11. Tarmo Virki (3 June 2019), Finland's Centre names Mika Lintila for finance minister in new cabinet Reuters.
  12. Francesco Guarascio (13 September 2019), EU should stop import of beef, soybeans from Brazil over Amazon fires: Finland Reuters.
  13. Web site: Katri Kulmunista valtiovarainministeri, Mika Lintilä siirtyy elinkeinoministeriksi – vaihto tuli muulle puolueelle yllätyksenä . Yle . Finnish . 11 December 2019 . 9 December 2019.
  14. http://www.eib.org/about/governance-and-structure/statutory-bodies/board_of_governors/index.htm Board of Governors
  15. https://www.esm.europa.eu/content/mika-lintil%C3%A4 Board of Governors: Mika Lintilä
  16. https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/governance/board-governors/index.html Board of Governors
  17. http://www.ebrd.com/shareholders-and-board-of-governors.html Board of Governors
  18. https://www.nib.int/who_we_are/about/member_countries_governing_bodies_and_capital/board_of_governors Board of Governors
  19. http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/918571541108839939/MIGAGovernors.pdf Board of Governors
  20. http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/627731541108831255/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors
  21. Francesco Guarascio (13 September 2019), EU should stop import of beef, soybeans from Brazil over Amazon fires: Finland Reuters.
  22. Web site: 2019-12-03 . Lähes 3600 saa kunniamerkin: Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristin saa Timo Esko – katso kaikki kunniamerkkien saajat . 2023-09-15 . Yle Uutiset . fi.
  23. Web site: 2007-11-30 . Itsenäisyyspäivänä myönnettävät kunniamerkit . 2023-09-15 . MTV Uutiset . fi.