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Oras Tynkkynen
Tynkkynen in 2020
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa
In office 20 July 2004 – 22 April 2015
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023
Personal details
Born
(1977-09-25) 25 September 1977 (age 46) Jyväskylä, Finland
Political party
Green League
Residence
Tampere
Occupation
Journalist
Profession
Master of Social Sciences
Website
www.orastynkkynen.fi
Oras Tynkkynen (Topi Oras Kalevi Tynkkynen, born 1977) is a Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Green League.[1] Tynkkynen was the chair of the Green parliamentary group.[2][3] He served as Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Advisor on Climate Policy.[4] Also Tynkkynen is a Member of the City Council of Tampere and an environmental activist. He has also held positions in numerous other organisations, such as Friends of the Earth Finland. Oras Tynkkynen became a member of Parliament in 2004 as a replacement when Satu Hassi left her seat upon her election to the European Parliament. He was directly elected to the Parliament in 2007.
Tynkkynen was born in Jyväskylä, Finland. He graduated from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Tampere. From the age of 14 he has been active in environmental and developmental organizations. He is a founding member of Friends of the Earth Finland and has been its vice president in 1996–1997 and in the spring of 2004. Tynkkynen has written articles in many newspapers and has been a reporter for YLE's radio news. His writings often concentrate on equity and the environment, especially climate change.
Tynkkynen was re-elected to Parliament of Finland in 2023 parliamentary election[3]
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^"Members - Green parliamentary group". Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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^Weaver, Fran (May 2010). "Filling Finland's energy gap". This is Finland. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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