Tarja Filatov | |
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Minister of Labour | |
In office 25 February 2000 – 19 April 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
Preceded by | Sinikka Mönkäre |
Succeeded by | Tarja Cronberg |
Personal details | |
Born | Hämeenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland | 9 August 1963
Political party | Social Democratic |
Alma mater | University of Tampere |
Tarja Filatov (born 9 August 1963 in Hämeenlinna) is a member of Finnish Parliament,[1] currently serving as the Second Deputy Speaker.[2] She served as Minister of Labour between 2000 and 2007 and as one of the two Deputy Speakers of Parliament on two occasions (February 2010 – April 2011; December 2020 – 2021). As a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), she has represented the Häme constituency since 1995. Previously, she was the vice chairman of the SDP parliamentary group (March 1999 – March 2002) and later its chairman and a member of its Working Committee (both between March 2007 and February 2010).[1]
In 2000 she was appointed Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet (1999–2003), keeping the position in the short-lived Jäätteenmäki Cabinet (2003)[3] and then Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet (2003–2007).[1][4]