(1968-04-12) 12 April 1968 (age 56) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Political party
Finns Party
Alma mater
University of Helsinki
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.[1]
Meri run to the Parliament in the 2015 parliamentary election from the Uusimaa electoral district, but her 2,493 votes were not enough to get elected.[2] 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.[3]
In June 2017, Meri took part in the leadership election of the Finns Party, but finished third behind Jussi Halla-aho and Sampo Terho.[4] 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.[5]
In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of Justice in the Orpo Cabinet.[6]
^"MPs: Leena Meri". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Valitut ehdokkaat: Uudenmaan vaalipiiri". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Leena Meri nousee eduskuntaan Ruohonen-Lernerin tilalle". Helsingin Sanomat. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Jussi Halla-aho valittiin perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajaksi". Suomen Uutiset. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Leena Meri on uusi perussuomalaisten ryhmäjohtaja: ryhmän koko "voi muuttua toiseen suuntaan"". Iltalehti. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Prime Minister Orpo's Government appointed". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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