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| birth_name = Juhana Mikael Vartiainen
| birth_name = Juhana Mikael Vartiainen
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| termstart1 = 22 April 2015 7 September 2021
| termstart1 = 22 April 2015
| termend1 = 7 September 2021
| alma_mater = [[University of Helsinki]]<br>Doctor of Social Sciences (1992)
| alma_mater = [[University of Helsinki]]<br>Doctor of Social Sciences (1992)
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'''Juhana Mikael Vartiainen'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi:443/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1330.aspx|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.eduskunta.fi|language=fi-FI}}</ref> (born 28 May 1958<ref name=":0" />) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician, economist<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=HS: Juhana Vartiainen haluaa kokoomuksen pormestariehdokkaaksi Helsingissä - ”olen johnlennonmainen idealisti”|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/50de4184-5948-49a8-93ea-fc01705ac063|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> and a member of the [[Finnish Parliament]], representing the [[National Coalition Party]], which he joined after having been a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]] from 1975 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: ”Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin”|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/201802072200727570|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> He was elected the Mayor of Helsinki in August 2021 by the Helsinki city council.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Helsingin tuleva pormestari Juhana Vartiainen: "Vihaan julkisten varojen tuhlausta" – Lue, miten talousosaaja aikoo johtaa pääkaupunkia|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11981357|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref>
'''Juhana Mikael Vartiainen'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi:443/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1330.aspx|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.eduskunta.fi|language=fi-FI}}</ref> (born 28 May 1958<ref name=":0" />) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician, economist<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=HS: Juhana Vartiainen haluaa kokoomuksen pormestariehdokkaaksi Helsingissä - "olen johnlennonmainen idealisti"|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/50de4184-5948-49a8-93ea-fc01705ac063|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> and a member of the [[Finnish Parliament]], representing the [[National Coalition Party]], which he joined after having been a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]] from 1975 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: "Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin"|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/201802072200727570|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> He was elected the Mayor of Helsinki in August 2021 by the Helsinki city council.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Helsingin tuleva pormestari Juhana Vartiainen: "Vihaan julkisten varojen tuhlausta" – Lue, miten talousosaaja aikoo johtaa pääkaupunkia|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11981357|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Vartiainen was born in Helsinki and according to Vartiainen, he was raised in a Christian environment.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Tontti|first=Jarkko|date=2021-07-04|title=Jarkko Tontti Podcast interview with Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DTBGU8P1Izg1MzUKQgygN?si=81e016d8377645ce|url-status=live|website=Spotify podcast}}</ref> Both of Vartiainen's parents were [[Evacuation of Finnish Karelia|Karelian refugees]], his father being born and raised in Ladogan-Karelian [[Sortavala]] and his mother being born in 1931 in [[Viipuri]].<ref name=":3" /> Vartiainen's family included himself and three sisters. Vartiainen's father Henri Vartiainen was an economist and economic researcher. Vartiainen completed his [[Conscription in Finland|mandatory military service in Finland]] and his current rank in the reserve is lieutenant.<ref name=":0" /> Vartiainen joined the Social Democratic Party of Finland in 1975.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: ”Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin”|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/201802072200727570|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> Vartiainen studied economics, other social sciences and philosophy at the University of Helsinki, earning his Doctorate of Social Sciences in Economics in 1992.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.martenscentre.eu/article-author/juhana-vartiainen/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=www.martenscentre.eu|language=en}}</ref>
Vartiainen was born in Helsinki and according to Vartiainen, he was raised in a Christian environment.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Tontti|first=Jarkko|date=2021-07-04|title=Jarkko Tontti Podcast interview with Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DTBGU8P1Izg1MzUKQgygN?si=81e016d8377645ce|website=Spotify podcast}}</ref> Both of Vartiainen's parents were [[Evacuation of Finnish Karelia|Karelian refugees]], his father being born and raised in Ladogan-Karelian [[Sortavala]] and his mother being born in 1931 in [[Viipuri]].<ref name=":3" /> Vartiainen's family included himself and three sisters. Vartiainen's father Henri Vartiainen was an economist and economic researcher. Vartiainen completed his [[Conscription in Finland|mandatory military service in Finland]] and his current rank in the reserve is lieutenant.<ref name=":0" /> Vartiainen joined the Social Democratic Party of Finland in 1975.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: "Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin"|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/201802072200727570|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref> Vartiainen studied economics, other social sciences and philosophy at the University of Helsinki, earning his Doctorate of Social Sciences in Economics in 1992.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.martenscentre.eu/article-author/juhana-vartiainen/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=www.martenscentre.eu|language=en}}</ref>


== Career before politics ==
== Career before politics ==
Throughout his career, Vartiainen has worked in Helsinki and Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as an adjunct research assistant at the Academy of Finland Research Council for Culture and Society in 1984–1986. Between 1993 and 2005, Vartiainen worked as a researcher and senior researcher at the Finnish Labour Institute for Economic Research (Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitos). Between 2002 and 2005 Vartiainen worked at the Swedish Trade Union Institute for Economic Research as a researcher in 2002–2003 and as the Managing Director in 2003–2005. In 2005 Vartiainen became the Research Director of the [[Swedish National Institute of Economic Research|Swedish National Institute of Economic Research (Konjukturinstitutet)]]. Vartiainen worked at the Konjunkturinstitutet until 2012, when he became the Director General of the Finnish [[VATT Institute for Economic Research]], an institution that produces and studies scientific research and analyses of micro- and macroeconomics as well as economic policy in Finland.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=Eduskunta.fi Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/1330.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
Throughout his career, Vartiainen has worked in Helsinki and Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as an adjunct research assistant at the Academy of Finland Research Council for Culture and Society in 1984–1986. Between 1993 and 2005, Vartiainen worked as a researcher and senior researcher at the Finnish Labour Institute for Economic Research (Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitos). Between 2002 and 2005, Vartiainen worked at the Swedish Trade Union Institute for Economic Research as a researcher in 2002–2003 and as the Managing Director in 2003–2005. In 2005, Vartiainen became the Research Director of the [[Swedish National Institute of Economic Research|Swedish National Institute of Economic Research (Konjukturinstitutet)]]. Vartiainen worked at the Konjunkturinstitutet until 2012, when he became the Director General of the Finnish [[VATT Institute for Economic Research]], an institution that produces and studies scientific research and analyses of micro- and macroeconomics as well as economic policy in Finland.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=Eduskunta.fi Juhana Vartiainen|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/1330.aspx}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
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Vartiainen was elected to the parliament in [[2015 Finnish parliamentary election|2015]] as a representative of the [[National Coalition Party]] from the Helsinki district, gaining 11,436 votes in the elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html |title=Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri |publisher=Ministry of Justice |accessdate=9 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143010/http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html |archivedate=27 April 2015 }}</ref> He was re-elected in [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election|2019]] with 8,206 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elected: Electoral district of Helsinki |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |url= https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val01.html }}</ref>
Vartiainen was elected to the parliament in [[2015 Finnish parliamentary election|2015]] as a representative of the [[National Coalition Party]] from the Helsinki district, gaining 11,436 votes in the elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html |title=Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri |publisher=Ministry of Justice |accessdate=9 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143010/http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html |archivedate=27 April 2015 }}</ref> He was re-elected in [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election|2019]] with 8,206 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elected: Electoral district of Helsinki |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |url= https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val01.html }}</ref>


In 2021 Vartiainen was the National Coalition Party's mayoral candidate of Helsinki in the [[2021 Finnish municipal elections]], being elected to the city council of Helsinki with 13,898 votes, coming third in the personal vote share after fellow National Coalition Party candidate [[Elina Valtonen]] with 15,793 votes and the Finns Party's [[Jussi Halla-aho|Jussi Halla-Aho]] at 18,978 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=Helsingin Sanomien Kuntavaalit 2021 Vaalikoneen tulospalvelu|url=https://www.vaalikone.fi/kunta2021/tulokset/kunnat/01-091|url-status=live}}</ref> Vartiainen's National Coalition Party won the election in Helsinki, as Finland uses the [[D'Hondt method|d'Hondt]] voting method in parliamentary and municipal elections, with the party gathering a total of 25,6% of the total share of votes and 23 representatives out of a total of 85 in the city council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yle - Tulospalvelu - Helsinki - Helsingin vaalipiiri - Kuntavaalit 2021 - Yle.fi|url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/kv2021/fi/regions/1/municipalities/91|access-date=2021-07-04|website=vaalit.yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref> As expected, Vartiainen assumed the title of [[Mayor of Helsinki]] in August 2021, when the newly elected session of the city council began and the council chose a mayor, traditionally picked from the party with the largest share of representatives.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-02|title=Helsingin pormestariksi valittiin odotetusti Juhana Vartiainen – näin jakautuivat apulaispormestarien paikat|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/helsingin-pormestariksi-valittiin-odotetusti-juhana-vartiainen-nain-jakautuivat-apulaispormestarien-paikat/8204190|access-date=2021-12-31|language=fi}}</ref> Finnish politician, city council representative and researcher [[Atte Kaleva]] took the seat of Vartiainen in the [[Parliament of Finland]] when Vartiainen assumed the mayorship.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008242160.html| title = Tässä ovat uudet kansanedustajat – rikosylikomisario, jihadismin tutkija ja paperittomien turvapaikanhakijoiden kanssa työskentelevä| date = 2021-09-06| publisher = Ilta-Sanomat| access-date = 2021-12-31}}</ref>
In 2021 Vartiainen was the National Coalition Party's mayoral candidate of Helsinki in the [[2021 Finnish municipal elections]], being elected to the city council of Helsinki with 13,898 votes, coming third in the personal vote share after fellow National Coalition Party candidate [[Elina Valtonen]] with 15,793 votes and the Finns Party's [[Jussi Halla-aho|Jussi Halla-Aho]] at 18,978 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=Helsingin Sanomien Kuntavaalit 2021 Vaalikoneen tulospalvelu|url=https://www.vaalikone.fi/kunta2021/tulokset/kunnat/01-091}}</ref> Vartiainen's National Coalition Party won the election in Helsinki, as Finland uses the [[D'Hondt method|d'Hondt]] voting method in parliamentary and municipal elections, with the party gathering a total of 25,6% of the total share of votes and 23 representatives out of a total of 85 in the city council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yle - Tulospalvelu - Helsinki - Helsingin vaalipiiri - Kuntavaalit 2021 - Yle.fi|url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/kv2021/fi/regions/1/municipalities/91|access-date=2021-07-04|website=vaalit.yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref> As expected, Vartiainen assumed the title of [[Mayor of Helsinki]] in August 2021, when the newly elected session of the city council began and the council chose a mayor, traditionally picked from the party with the largest share of representatives.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-02|title=Helsingin pormestariksi valittiin odotetusti Juhana Vartiainen – näin jakautuivat apulaispormestarien paikat|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/helsingin-pormestariksi-valittiin-odotetusti-juhana-vartiainen-nain-jakautuivat-apulaispormestarien-paikat/8204190|access-date=2021-12-31|language=fi}}</ref> Finnish politician, city council representative and researcher [[Atte Kaleva]] took the seat of Vartiainen in the [[Parliament of Finland]] when Vartiainen assumed the mayorship.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008242160.html| title = Tässä ovat uudet kansanedustajat – rikosylikomisario, jihadismin tutkija ja paperittomien turvapaikanhakijoiden kanssa työskentelevä| date = 2021-09-06| publisher = Ilta-Sanomat| access-date = 2021-12-31}}</ref>


== Political views ==
== Political views ==
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==References==
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Juhana Vartiainen
2nd Mayor of Helsinki
Assumed office
2 August 2021
Preceded byJan Vapaavuori
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
22 April 2015 – 7 September 2021
Personal details
Born
Juhana Mikael Vartiainen

(1958-05-28) 28 May 1958 (age 66)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party (2015–present)
Social Democratic Party (1975–2015)
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Doctor of Social Sciences (1992)

Juhana Mikael Vartiainen[1] (born 28 May 1958[1]) is a Finnish politician, economist[2] and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the National Coalition Party, which he joined after having been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1975 to 2015.[3] He was elected the Mayor of Helsinki in August 2021 by the Helsinki city council.[4]

Early life and education

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Vartiainen was born in Helsinki and according to Vartiainen, he was raised in a Christian environment.[5] Both of Vartiainen's parents were Karelian refugees, his father being born and raised in Ladogan-Karelian Sortavala and his mother being born in 1931 in Viipuri.[5] Vartiainen's family included himself and three sisters. Vartiainen's father Henri Vartiainen was an economist and economic researcher. Vartiainen completed his mandatory military service in Finland and his current rank in the reserve is lieutenant.[1] Vartiainen joined the Social Democratic Party of Finland in 1975.[6] Vartiainen studied economics, other social sciences and philosophy at the University of Helsinki, earning his Doctorate of Social Sciences in Economics in 1992.[1][5][7]

Career before politics

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Throughout his career, Vartiainen has worked in Helsinki and Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as an adjunct research assistant at the Academy of Finland Research Council for Culture and Society in 1984–1986. Between 1993 and 2005, Vartiainen worked as a researcher and senior researcher at the Finnish Labour Institute for Economic Research (Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitos). Between 2002 and 2005, Vartiainen worked at the Swedish Trade Union Institute for Economic Research as a researcher in 2002–2003 and as the Managing Director in 2003–2005. In 2005, Vartiainen became the Research Director of the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research (Konjukturinstitutet). Vartiainen worked at the Konjunkturinstitutet until 2012, when he became the Director General of the Finnish VATT Institute for Economic Research, an institution that produces and studies scientific research and analyses of micro- and macroeconomics as well as economic policy in Finland.[1][8]

Political career

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Vartiainen left the Social Democratic Party of Finland in 2015, citing the party's movement further away from right-leaning social democracy (In Finnish: oikeistodemarius) and the inability of the party and the trade union movement to engage in the reforms needed to secure public finances in aging Finland.[6]

Vartiainen was elected to the parliament in 2015 as a representative of the National Coalition Party from the Helsinki district, gaining 11,436 votes in the elections.[9] He was re-elected in 2019 with 8,206 votes.[10]

In 2021 Vartiainen was the National Coalition Party's mayoral candidate of Helsinki in the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, being elected to the city council of Helsinki with 13,898 votes, coming third in the personal vote share after fellow National Coalition Party candidate Elina Valtonen with 15,793 votes and the Finns Party's Jussi Halla-Aho at 18,978 votes.[11] Vartiainen's National Coalition Party won the election in Helsinki, as Finland uses the d'Hondt voting method in parliamentary and municipal elections, with the party gathering a total of 25,6% of the total share of votes and 23 representatives out of a total of 85 in the city council.[12] As expected, Vartiainen assumed the title of Mayor of Helsinki in August 2021, when the newly elected session of the city council began and the council chose a mayor, traditionally picked from the party with the largest share of representatives.[4][13] Finnish politician, city council representative and researcher Atte Kaleva took the seat of Vartiainen in the Parliament of Finland when Vartiainen assumed the mayorship.[14]

Political views

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Vartiainen describes himself as a "right-leaning social democrat" (in Finnish: oikeistodemari), following the footsteps of Finnish career politician Väinö Tanner.[15]

Vartiainen supports work-based immigration to Finland.[2]

Vartiainen does not support the Marin administration's social and healthcare reform law (in Finnish sote-uudistus), which he describes as counter-productive, cost-increasing and expensive.[16]

Other activities

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  • National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF), Member of the Advisory Board (2017-2019)[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Juhana Vartiainen". www.eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  2. ^ a b "HS: Juhana Vartiainen haluaa kokoomuksen pormestariehdokkaaksi Helsingissä - "olen johnlennonmainen idealisti"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. ^ "40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: "Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ a b "Helsingin tuleva pormestari Juhana Vartiainen: "Vihaan julkisten varojen tuhlausta" – Lue, miten talousosaaja aikoo johtaa pääkaupunkia". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ^ a b c Tontti, Jarkko (2021-07-04). "Jarkko Tontti Podcast interview with Juhana Vartiainen". Spotify podcast.
  6. ^ a b "40 vuotta SDP:hen kuulunut Juhana Vartiainen tylyttää: "Demarit menneet älyllisesti alaspäin"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  7. ^ "Juhana Vartiainen". www.martenscentre.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  8. ^ "Eduskunta.fi Juhana Vartiainen". 2021-07-04.
  9. ^ "Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Elected: Electoral district of Helsinki". Ministry of Justice. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Helsingin Sanomien Kuntavaalit 2021 Vaalikoneen tulospalvelu". 2021-07-04.
  12. ^ "Yle - Tulospalvelu - Helsinki - Helsingin vaalipiiri - Kuntavaalit 2021 - Yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  13. ^ "Helsingin pormestariksi valittiin odotetusti Juhana Vartiainen – näin jakautuivat apulaispormestarien paikat" (in Finnish). 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  14. ^ "Tässä ovat uudet kansanedustajat – rikosylikomisario, jihadismin tutkija ja paperittomien turvapaikanhakijoiden kanssa työskentelevä". Ilta-Sanomat. 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  15. ^ "Juhana Vartiainen: Kutsun itseäni tannerilaiseksi oikeistodemariksi" (in Finnish). 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  16. ^ "Juhana Vartiainen: Hallitusrintama vesitti kriittisen sote-lausunnon" (in Finnish). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  17. ^ Advisory Board 2017-2019 National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF).