Riikka Purra facts for kids
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Riikka Purra
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Purra in 2023
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| 37th Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2023 |
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| Prime Minister | Petteri Orpo |
| Preceded by | Annika Saarikko |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2023 |
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| Prime Minister | Petteri Orpo |
| Preceded by | Annika Saarikko |
| Leader of the Finns Party | |
| Assumed office 14 August 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Jussi Halla-aho |
| Member of Parliament for Uusimaa |
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| Assumed office 17 April 2019 |
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| Born | 13 June 1977 Pirkkala, Finland |
| Political party | Finns Party |
| Spouse | Mikko Välimaa |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Turku |
Riikka Katriina Purra ( born 13 June 1977) is a Finnish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, and Finance Minister, since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa constituency. In August 2021 she was elected the new leader of the party, after Jussi Halla-aho.
Political career
In 2016, Purra joined the Finns Party as a political planner. She served as a campaign manager for the presidential candidate Laura Huhtasaari in the 2018 Finnish presidential election. In June 2019 she was elected as a Member of Parliament from the constituency of Uusimaa with 5,960 votes, and became the first deputy leader of the Finns party.
In March 2021, she criticised the government for overspending, when a 3 billion euro support package for municipalities was formed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
In July 2021, Purra announced she would be running for the Finns Party leadership, aiming to become the first woman to lead the party. She declared that the party would never participate in a government where it would not be able to significantly change Finnish immigration policy. She was elected leader of the party on 14 August 2021, at the party meeting in Seinäjoki.
Purra says that she wants to fight "harmful" immigration from developing countries and is in favour of a policy of economic austerity.
Personal life
Purra is married and has two children. Purra lives with her family in Kirkkonummi, where the local association belongs to the Finns Party. She is a vegetarian.
Purra has a Master's degree in political science and she has dropped her PhD studies on international politics at the University of Turku. She worked as a teacher and researcher before entering politics.
See also
In Spanish: Riikka Purra para niños
