Katri Kulmuni
Kulmuni in 2019
34th Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
In office
12 September 2019 – 9 June 2020
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Sanna Marin
Preceded byMika Lintilä
Succeeded byMatti Vanhanen
Minister of Finance
In office
10 December 2019 – 9 June 2020
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Preceded byMika Lintilä
Succeeded byMatti Vanhanen[1]
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Preceded byMika Lintilä
Succeeded byMika Lintilä
Leader of the Centre Party
In office
7 September 2019 – 5 September 2020
Preceded byJuha Sipilä
Succeeded byAnnika Saarikko
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Lapland
Assumed office
22 April 2015
Personal details
Born
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni

(1987-09-04) 4 September 1987
Tornio, Lapland, Finland
Political partyCentre
SpouseJyrki Peisa
Alma materUniversity of Lapland (MSS)

Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni (born 4 September 1987) is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020.[2] A member of the Centre Party, she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015.

Early life and education

Kulmuni graduated from the University of Lapland in 2018 with a Master of Social Science degree.[3]

Political career

Kulmuni was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 2015 for the Lapland constituency and reelected in 2019.[4] After the 2019 elections, she was named the Minister of Economic Affairs in Antti Rinne's cabinet.

On 7 September 2019, Kulmuni defeated Antti Kaikkonen in the leadership election of the Centre Party.[5] Five days later, she succeeded Mika Lintilä as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland.[6] After the collapse of the Rinne Cabinet, Kulmuni became Minister of Finance in the Marin Cabinet.[7]

On 5 June 2020, Kulmuni resigned as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister after it was revealed that she had been given media training at the cost of 56,203 euros, which was billed to her two ministries. Two days before the resignation announcement, she told media that she would repay the cost.[8][9] On 8 June, former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was elected to succeed Kulmuni as Minister of Finance.[1]

On 5 September 2020, Annika Saarikko replaced Kulmuni as the Leader of the Centre Party.[2]

Other activities

European Union organizations

International organizations

Controversy

Shortly after her 2019 appointment as finance minister, Kulmuni caused controversy when she posted an informal Instagram poll on whether the government should allow Finnish women with links to Islamic State to return from Syria, or just their children. She deleted the post and apologized after criticism by Human Rights Watch.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Toivonen, Terhi; Uusitalo, Kaisa; Konttinen, Matti (8 June 2020). "Katso suorana: Matti Vanhanen nousee valtiovaraiministeriksi, Yle seuraa hetki hetkeltä" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Keskustan puheenjohtajaksi on valittu Annika Saarikko – "Sanon tämän niin painokkaasti kuin osaan: me tarvitsemme sinua Katri jatkossakin"". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Kulmuni, Katri (2018). "Maankaappaukset ja taistelu ruuasta: "Osta maata, sitä ei enää valmisteta."" (in Finnish). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "Katri Kulmuni". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Keskustan uudeksi puheenjohtajaksi valittiin Katri Kulmuni". Yle. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Katri Kulmunista pääministerin ensimmäinen sijainen". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Sundman, Robert (5 June 2020). "Katri Kulmuni eroaa valtiovarainministerin tehtävästä, jatkaa keskustan johdossa – katso video eroilmoituksesta" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Bateman, Tom (5 June 2020). "Katri Kulmuni: Finnish minister quits over media training row". BBC News. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Board of Governors European Investment Bank (EIB).
  11. ↑ Board of Governors: Katri Kulmuni European Stability Mechanism.
  12. ↑ Board of Governors Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
  13. ↑ Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  14. ↑ Board of Governors Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
  15. ↑ Board of Governors World Bank.
  16. ↑ Anne Kauranen (13 December 2019), 'Seriously, Finland?' Red-faced minister deletes Instagram poll Reuters.
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