Lenita Toivakka

Lenita Toivakka (2015)

Lenita Anneli Toivakka (born September 28, 1961 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish politician of the conservative National Collection Party . From May 2015 to June 2016 she was Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in the Sipilä cabinet . Before that she was Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade under Alexander Stubb from 2014 to 2015 . She was also a member of the Advisory Board of the World Bank Group (WBG) for Gender and Development Policy.

On June 21, 2016, Toivakka resigned as minister because of measures to give her family business tax breaks and the resulting negative public perception. He was succeeded by Kai Mykkänen .

Individual evidence

^ Räty, Orpo and Toivakka take over ministerial portfolios. Helsinki Times . June 23, 2014, accessed February 26, 2018.
^ World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development. World bank . Retrieved February 26, 2018.
↑ Lenita Toivakka jättää minister tehtävät - ”Ympärilläni käyty keskustelu ei ole ollut puolueelle hyväksi”. Helsingin Sanomat . June 21, 2016, accessed February 26, 2018.
↑ Jussi Virkkunen: Kokoomuksen ministerivaihdoksille sinetti - presidentti vahvisti nimitykset. Yleisradio . June 22, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Toivakka, Lenita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Toivakka, Lenita Anneli (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Helsinki

[1] Räty, Orpo and Toivakka take over ministerial portfolios. Helsinki Times . June 23, 2014, accessed February 26, 2018.

[2] World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development. World bank . Retrieved February 26, 2018.

[3] Lenita Toivakka jättää minister tehtävät - ”Ympärilläni käyty keskustelu ei ole ollut puolueelle hyväksi”. Helsingin Sanomat . June 21, 2016, accessed February 26, 2018.

[4] Jussi Virkkunen: Kokoomuksen ministerivaihdoksille sinetti - presidentti vahvisti nimitykset. Yleisradio . June 22, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2018.