Anna-Kaisa Ikonen

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   17.04.2019–07.09.2021, 05.04.2023–

E-mail:

anna-kaisa.ikonen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Doctor of Social Sciences, former mayor of Tampere

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Pirkanmaa 05.04.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Local and Regional Government (Orpo) 20.06.2023–

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Electoral District of Pirkanmaa 17.04.2019 - 07.09.2021
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Constitutional Law Committee (Chair) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Finance Committee (alternate member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Administration Committee (member) 18.06.2019–07.09.2021
    • Defence Committee (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 02.05.2019–07.09.2021
    • Committee for the Future (alternate member) 18.06.2019–07.09.2021
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 18.06.2019–07.09.2021
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (alternate member) 18.06.2019–10.09.2021
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 18.06.2019–07.09.2021
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party 17.04.2019–07.09.2021
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (3rd vice chair) 11.06.2019–17.09.2020

  • Full name:
    • Ikonen, Anna-Kaisa
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1977 Tampere
  • Present place of residence:
    • Tampere
  • Education:
    • Doctor of Social Sciences 2010 (Tampere University), Master of Social Sciences 2001 (Tampere University), secondary school graduate 1996 (Sammon lukio, general upper secondary school)
  • Career:
    • Mayor (City of Tampere) 2021-2023
    • State Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office/Ministry of Finance 2018-2019
    • Professor of Practice at Tampere University 2017-2021
    • Mayor of the City of Tampere 2013-2017
    • State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance 2011-2013
    • Deputy Mayor of the City of Tampere 2009-2011
    • Development Manager at Pirkanmaa TE Centre 2003-2009
    • Project Manager at Net Effect Oy 2001-2003
    • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) 2019-2021