Oras Tynkkynen

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Oras Tynkkynen
Oras Tynkkynen giving a speech on global warming.
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa
Incumbent
Assumed office July 20, 2004

Born	September 25, 1977 (1977-09-25) (age 30) Jyväskylä, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Political party	Green League
Residence	Tampere
Occupation	Journalist
Profession	Bachelor of Social Sciences
Website	www.orastynkkynen.fi

Oras Tynkkynen (Topi Oras Kalevi Tynkkynen, born 1977) is a Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Green League. He serves as the Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Advisor on Climate Policy. Also Tynkkynen is a Member of the City Council of Tampere and environmental activist. He has also held positions in numerous other organisations, such as Friends of the Earth Finland. He is the first openly gay^[1] parliamentarian in Finland. Oras Tynkkynen became a member of Parliament in 2004 as a replacement when Satu Hassi left her seat upon her election to the European Parliament. He was directly elected to the Parliament in 2007.

Tynkkynen was born in Jyväskylä, Finland. He is a student at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Tampere. From the age of 14 he has been active in environmental and developmental organizations. He is a founding member of Friends of the Earth Finland and has been its vice president in 1996-1997 and in the spring of 2004. Tynkkynen has written articles in many newspapers and has been a reporter in YLE's radio news. His writings often concentrate on equity and environment, especially climate change.

In his free time he enjoys sports, reading, electronic music and travel.