Kimmo Kiljunen

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   24.03.1995–19.04.2011, 17.04.2019–

Telephone:

09 432 3104

E-mail:

kimmo.kiljunen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Doctor of Political Science, docent

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Uusimaa 17.04.2019–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 14.09.2023–
Grand Committee (alternate member) 06.09.2024–
Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 19.04.2023–, (Chair) 14.09.2023–
Board of The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 01.01.2022–31.12.2026
Forum for International Affairs (member) 14.09.2023–

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Uusimaa constituency 24.03.1995 - 23.03.1999
    • Electoral District of Uusimaa 24.03.1999 - 19.04.2011
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Honorary Speaker of Parliament) 12.04.2023–12.04.2023, (member) 12.04.2023–12.04.2023, (Honorary Speaker of Parliament) 06.02.2024–06.02.2024, (member) 06.02.2024–06.02.2024
    • Speaker's Council
    • Grand Committee (member) 05.04.1995–19.04.2011, (vice chair) 07.04.1999–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–05.09.2024
    • Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (member) 09.05.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 19.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 28.04.1995–05.09.1996, (member) 06.09.1996–27.02.2002, (alternate member) 01.03.2002–28.04.2003, (member) 29.04.2003–19.04.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Audit Committee (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Defence Committee (alternate member) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Committee for the Future (member) 27.02.1996–23.03.1999
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (alternate member) 05.04.1995–19.11.1996, (member) 20.11.1996–23.10.2001
    • Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (alternate member) 30.03.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (Chair) 19.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 28.06.2023–11.09.2024, (Chair) 07.09.2023–11.09.2024
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (vice chair) 05.04.1995–20.03.2007, (member) 05.04.1995–19.04.2011, (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (alternate member) 19.04.2023–05.09.2023
    • Board of The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 01.01.2012–31.12.2016, (member) 01.01.2022–31.12.2026
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (Finland's representative at the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region) 18.06.1999–18.03.2003, (member) 09.05.2003–20.03.2007, (Finland's representative at the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region) 23.05.2003–20.03.2007
    • Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (Chair) 09.05.2003–29.08.2005, (member) 09.05.2003–20.03.2007
    • The Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly - the Finnish Delegation (alternate member) 10.03.2004–20.03.2007
    • Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (member) 30.05.2007–19.04.2011
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 21.04.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 19.06.2019–04.04.2023
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group 24.03.1995–19.04.2011

  • Full name:
    • Kiljunen, Kimmo Roobert
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1951 Ruokolahti
  • Present place of residence:
    • Vantaa
  • Education:
    • Master of Political Sciences 1973 (University of Helsinki), Master of Philosophy 1979 (Sussex University), Doctor of Political Science 1985 (Sussex University)
  • Career:
    • Course Assistant at the Institute of Development Studies 1972-1973
    • Organisation Secretary of the UN Association of Finland 1974-1975
    • British Council Fellowship, Sussex University 1975-1978
    • Researcher at the Labour Institute for Economic Research 1979-1981
    • Research Assistant at the Research Council of Finland 1981-1985
    • Director of the University of Helsinki Institute of Development Studies 1986-1995
    • UNICEF Consultant in Nairobi 1989-1991
    • United Nations Development Programme Coordinator in New York 1993-1994