Kaisa Juuso

Current Member of Parliament

The Finns Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   17.04.2019–

Telephone:

09 432 3075

E-mail:

kaisa.juuso(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Arts, specialist in international healthcare

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Lapland 17.04.2019–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Orpo) 20.06.2023–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Audit Committee (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (vice chair) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Employment and Equality Committee (alternate member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 18.06.2019–08.02.2022
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (alternate member) 18.06.2019–27.06.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • The Finns Party Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 23.04.2019–01.02.2021

  • Full name:
    • Juuso, Kaisa Helena
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1960 Alatornio
  • Present place of residence:
    • Tornio
  • Education:
    • Nurse (bachelor’s degree) 2010 (Lapland University of Applied Sciences), Informationsbehandling, 15 p 1999 (Åbo Akademi), Insurance degree 1994 (Vakuutusalan koulutuskeskus, vocational school), Filosofie kandidat på beteendevetenskapliga linjen 1986 (Stockholms Universitet), secondary school graduate 1979 (Putaan lukio, general upper secondary school, Tornio)
  • Career:
    • Senior Specialist in International Medical Care (Försäkringskassan, Haparanda, Sweden) 2011-2023
    • Nurse at Lyngstunet hälso- och omsorgssenter (Municipality of Lyngen, Norway) 2010-2010
    • Nurse at a 24-hour service housing unit (Mikeva Oy, Kemi) 2010-2010
    • Nurse at the Keroputaa Psychiatric Hospital in Tornio (Länsi-Pohja Hospital District) 2009-2009
    • Office Manager (Lähivakuutus, Turku) 1997-2004
    • Insurance Officer, Financial Department (Eläkevakuutusyhtiö Verdandi, Turku ) 1989-1997
    • Purserbiträde och receptionist på finlandsbåtarna (Viking Line Ab) 1986-1989