Sofia Virta
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Sofia Virta | |
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![]() Sofia Virta in 2023 | |
Chairman of the Green League | |
Assumed office 10 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Maria Ohisalo |
Member of Parliament for Varsinais-Suomi | |
Assumed office 17 April 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaarina, Southwest Finland, Finland | 21 June 1990
Political party | Green League |
Profession | Master of Education, entrepreneur |
Website | https://www.sofiavirta.fi https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/1411.aspx |
Sofia Marjanna Virta (born 21 June 1990) is a Finnish politician of the Green League currently serving as a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Varsinais-Suomi constituency since 2019, as well as the current chairman of the Green League since 10 June 2023.[1]
Political career
In the spring 2017 municipal elections, Virta became a member of the Kaarina city council; she was re-elected in the 2021 elections.[2]
In the spring 2019 parliamentary elections, she became a member of the Parliament of Finland.
In the beginning of 2022, she was elected to the Varsinais-Suomen regional council,[3] where she serves as the chairman of the Green League.
Present memberships in committees
Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Committee for the Future (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
Employment and Equality Committee (member) 18.06.2019–
Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (deputy member) 18.06.2019–
References
- ^ Eduskunta profile
- ^ "Yle - Tulospalvelu - Ehdokassivu - Kuntavaalit 2021 - Yle.fi". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Sofia Virta menestyi hienosti yllätyksenä itselleenkin". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Kaarina
- Green League politicians
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027)
- 21st-century Finnish women politicians
- Women members of the Parliament of Finland
- Finnish Lutherans