Johanna Sumuvuori
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
politician and former member of Finnish Parliament
Parliament of Finland
The Eduskunta , is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. The latest election to the parliament took place on April 17, 2011.- Constitution :...
, representing the Green League
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....
. She was first elected as a substitute member to the parliament in 2003, and became member of parliament on August 1, 2006, when Irina Krohn
Irina Krohn
Irina Kaarina Krohn is a Finnish politician and a former member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She is also member of the city council of Helsinki and has held positions in various other organisations. She was first elected to the parliament in 1995...
left to become the director of the Finnish Film Foundation
Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation , is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education....
. In 2007 she was directly elected, but failed to be returned at the General Election of April 2011. She has also been a member of the city council of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
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Before coming to parliament Sumuvuori has been active in social movements, lastly as the secretary general of Committee of 100
Committee of 100 (Finland)
The Committee of 100 in Finland was founded in 1963, based on the model of the Committee of 100 in Great Britain....
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