Ville Niinistö

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Ville Matti Niinistö (b. July 30, 1976) is a Finnish politician. He is a member of the parliament, vice-chairperson of the Green League and a member of the city council of Turku. Niinistö has a master's degree in political science from the University of Turku. Before being elected to the parliament in 2007 he worked as a doctorate student in political history (Finnish foreign policy) at the University of Turku in Finland.

Niinistö is the nephew of Sauli Niinistö, a leading National Coalition Party MP and long time Finnish finance minister. He is married to Maria Wetterstrand, one of the two leaders of the Swedish Green Party. They have a son, Elias who was born in 2004. In his free time Niinistö enjoys reading, role-playing games, and football.

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