Maria Ohisalo

Maria Ohisalo
Ohisalo in 2022
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
In office
7 June 2022 – 20 June 2023
Prime MinisterSanna Marin
Preceded byEmma Kari
Succeeded byKai Mykkänen
Minister of the Interior
In office
6 June 2019 – 19 November 2021
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Sanna Marin
Preceded byKai Mykkänen
Succeeded byKrista Mikkonen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)
Chairman of the Green League
In office
15 June 2019 (2019-06-15) – 10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)
Preceded byPekka Haavisto
Succeeded bySofia Virta
Personal details
Born (1985-03-08) 8 March 1985 (age 39)
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Political partyGreen League
SpouseMiika Johansson
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki (bachelor and master in political science)
University of Eastern Finland (PhD)[1]

Maria Karoliina Ohisalo (born 8 March 1985) is a Finnish politician and researcher who served as Minister of the Interior between 2019 and 2021.[2][3] The former chairman of the Green League, she has been a Member of Parliament since 2019.[4]

Ohisalo served as the Green League's interim chairman after Touko Aalto stepped down in September 2018. She was the only candidate in the Green League leadership election that was held in June 2019.[5] She co-chaired the Union of Green Youth and Students from 2013 to 2014[6][7] and has been a member of the Helsinki City Council since 2017 and an MP since 2019.

  1. ^ "CV". Maria Ohisalo.
  2. ^ "Vihreiden yli viiden tunnin kokous päättyi, tässä vihreiden ministerit: Haavisto, Ohisalo ja Mikkonen - Tynkkynen hävisi ministeripaikan vain yhdellä äänellä" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Maria Ohisalo – parissa kuukaudessa ensin kansanedustajaksi, sitten ministeriksi ja nyt vihreiden puheenjohtajaksi". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Maria Ohisalo nousemassa vihreiden puheenjohtajaksi: "Kisa oli avoin kaikille ja olen tottunut kisaamaan"" (in Finnish). Yle. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. ^ Pohjanpalo, Olli (11 April 2013). "Vihreät kohti kahden puheenjohtajan mallia". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  7. ^ Lapintie, Lassi (23 November 2013). "Vihreät nuoret valitsivat uudet puheenjohtajat". YLE Uutiset. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

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