Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen is a Finnish politician. She was the first female chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which she led from 2008 to 2014. She was the Minister of Finance as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014. Since 1 December 2019, she is the European Commissioner for International Partnerships in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. She announced her candidacy for the 2024 election for President of Finland in November 2023.
Jutta Urpilainen
Urpilainen and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on 6 February 2020
Urpilainen testifies before the European Parliament in 2019 during hearings to confirm her appointment to the European Commission
Jutta Urpilainen with Moussa Faki Mahamat African Union Commission Chairperson in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 03, 2023.
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is a social democratic and pro-European political party in Finland. It is the third largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 43 seats.
Founded in 1899 as the Workers' Party of Finland, the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance, Socialist International and SAMAK.
The SDP's party conference in Oulu in 1906.
Sanna Marin, the party's leader from August 2020 to September 2023.
Antti Rinne, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from May 2014 to August 2020
