Li Andersson

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Li Andersson (2019)

Li Sigrid Andersson (born May 13, 1987 in Turku ) is a Finnish politician and leader of the Left Alliance party. She is also a member of the Finnish Parliament and a city councilor in Finland's sixth largest city, Turku. She was also formerly the chairman of her party's youth organization. She has been Minister of Education since June 2019, first in the Rinne cabinet , then in the Marin cabinet .

Li Sigrid Andersson belongs to the Finnish-Swedish part of the population.

Political career

In the 2015 general election, Andersson was elected with the highest number of votes in the Varsinais-Suomi region (with 17 seats). In the 2017 local elections, in turn, she got the highest votes for a candidate outside the capital Helsinki .

In February 2016, she announced that she wanted to run for the chairmanship of her party. In the election on June 6, 2016, she received 3,913 (61.85%) votes and thus won the internal election. On June 11, 2016, she was confirmed in her new office at a party congress of the Left Alliance in Oulu .

Political positions

Andersson sees herself as a Marxist , and she also advocates visa-free travel between Russia and Finland. She also believes that animals have an identity and therefore advocates a vegan lifestyle. She supports the legalization of cannabis use.

Share of votes

Local elections

year city be right Result
2008 Turku 175 Not elected
2012 Turku 2,422 Elected
2017 Turku 6,415 Elected

Parliamentary elections

year Constituency be right Result
2011 Varsinais-Suomi 2,170 Not elected
2015 Varsinais-Suomi 15,071 Elected

European Parliament elections

Yahr Constituency be right Result
2014 Finland 47,599 Not elected

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antti Rinne appointed as Finland's new PM. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ Maria Gestrin-Hagner: Årets finlandssvensk Li Andersson skrattade Högt då hon nåddes av beskedet. November 6, 2017, accessed April 15, 2019 (Swedish).
  3. ^ Electoral information service.Retrieved October 14, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Li
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Li Sigrid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish politician (left alliance)
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku