The 46th Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin was born on November 16th, 1985 in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
Sanna Marin was born to Lauri Marin who struggled with alcoholism and as a result was separated from his wife as the family suffered deteriorating financial conditions.
After her parents got divorced, Marin’s mother became the only parent securing her financial needs and bringing her up and they moved in with her mother’s female partner.
At the age of 19, Marin received her diploma from Pirkkala High School (Pirkkalan Yhteislukio) in 2004. She supported herself while she was in school by working in a bakery and as a cashier, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in administrative science from the University of Tampere.
From 2010 until 2012, Sanna Marin served as the Social Democratic Party’s first vice president after joining the organization in 2006. She unsuccessfully sought election to Tampere’s City Council in 2008, but she campaigned again in 2012 and was successful.
Within months, Sanna Marin rose to the position of City Council Chairman, a position she held from 2013 until 2017. She was re-elected to the City Council in 2017 and originally rose to fame after YouTube users posted videos of her presiding over acrimonious meetings.
Sanna Marin, a representative from the Pirkanmaa electoral district, was first elected to the Finnish Parliament in 2015 and then re-elected in 2018. Marin was appointed minister of transportation and communications on June 6, 2019.
The Social Democratic Party of Finland nominated Sanna Marin to succeed Anttii Rinee as prime minister in December 2019. Antii Lindtman lost to Marin in a close vote.
Twelve out of the cabinet’s 19 ministers are women, making up the majority of the five-party coalition. Sanna Marin is also Finland’s third female head of state. Sanna Marin, who is 34 years old, was confirmed as the country’s youngest prime minister ever.
Sanna Marin’s cabinet declared a state of emergency in Finland to combat the Global COVID-19 pandemic. Because of his mother’s death, the Swedish Prime Minister was unable to attend a meeting of the European Council in October 2020. Marin filled in for Sweden.
Sanna Marin denounced the discrimination against Uyghurs in the Chinese province of Xinjiang in March 2021. She claimed that Finland has the choice to join NATO if it so desired in a new year’s address at the beginning of 2022. However, the incident drew criticism from the Russian media, with some publications claiming that “Moscow was stabbed in the back.”
Despite Russian threats, Finland submitted a membership application to NATO on May 15, 2022, and on May 17, the Finnish Parliament passed the proposal 188–8. Finland was led by Premier Sanna Marin.
Sanna Marin and the Ukrainian Prime Minister also signed a bilateral framework agreement on the rehabilitation of Ukraine’s education after the Russian invasion on May 26, 2022. She applauded the European Union leaders’ agreement on May 31 to ban imports of more than 90% of Russian oil by the end of 2022 in order to lessen the reliance of European nations on Russia.
The BBC’s 100 Women list, which was unveiled on November 23, 2020, included Sanna Marin. She was chosen by Forbes to place 85th on the list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women on December 9 of that same year.
Marin joined the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders program in 2020. She was also chosen to appear on the cover of Time Magazine’s special “Time 100 Next” issue, which profiles 100 powerful figures from around the globe.
Sanna Marin children: Emma Amalia Marin
Marin has a beautiful daughter with her husband, Markus Räikkönen. The name of their adorable daughter is Emma Amalia Marin. Emma was born in 2018 and she is currently 4 years of age.
She is the only child of Sanna Marin and her husband, Markus Räikkönen.
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