Petri Honkonen

Current Member of Parliament

Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.04.2015–

E-mail:

petri.honkonen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Arts, Specialist subject teacher

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Central Finland 22.04.2015–

Present memberships in committees:

Constitutional Law Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Administration Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (alternate member) 28.06.2023–
Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 28.06.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Science and Culture (Marin) 29.04.2022–20.06.2023

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (member) 15.09.2020–29.04.2022
    • Finance Committee (alternate member) 18.06.2019–29.04.2022
    • Subcommittee for Municipal and Welfare Affairs (member) 06.09.2019–29.04.2022
    • Housing and Environment Subcommittee (member) 06.09.2019–29.04.2022
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 09.06.2015–14.02.2017, (alternate member) 15.02.2017–16.04.2019, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (alternate member) 18.06.2019–29.04.2022
    • Commerce Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 16.02.2017–17.06.2019
    • Employment and Equality Committee (alternate member) 08.06.2015–16.04.2019, (member) 06.09.2019–10.12.2019
    • Environment Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–11.09.2020
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 09.06.2015–09.02.2017, (alternate member) 10.02.2017–16.04.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (alternate member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–29.04.2022
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (alternate member) 18.06.2019–02.05.2022
    • Board of the Library of Parliament (vice chair) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (alternate member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (alternate member) 10.06.2015–16.04.2019

  • Full name:
    • Honkonen, Petri Erkki Olavi
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1987 Pylkönmäki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Saarijärvi
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 2006 (Saarijärven Lukio, general upper secondary school), Master of Arts 2014 (University of Jyväskylä)
  • Career:
    • Parliamentary Assistant to Member of Parliament at the Finnish Parliament 2012-2013
    • Association for Rural Culture and Education 2013-2013