Leena Meri
Finnish politician (born 1968)
Biography
Leena Kristiina Meri (born 12 April 1968) is a Finnish politician, representing the Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland. She has served in the Parliament since 2015 and in the City Council of Hyvinkää since 2013.
Meri ran for Parliament in the 2015 parliamentary election for the Uusimaa electoral district, but her 2,493 votes were not enough to get elected. However, as MP Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner left her seat to work in the European Parliament in May 2015, Meri took the vacated seat in the Finnish Parliament. She later won a seat in the Uusimaa electoral district in her own right in the 2019 and 2023 parliamentary elections.
In June 2017, Meri took part in the leadership election of the Finns Party, but finished third behind Jussi Halla-aho and Sampo Terho. The leadership election sparked resistance within the party and soon after the majority of its MPs left to form the Blue Reform. After the split, Meri was chosen as the chair of the party's parliamentary group.
In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of Justice in the Orpo Cabinet.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- municipal councillor in Finland
- member of the Parliament of Finland
- Minister of Justice of Finland
Awards & honours (1)
- Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
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