Tarja Filatov

Tarja Filatov
Minister of Labour
In office
25 February 2000  19 April 2007
Preceded by Sinikka Mönkäre
Succeeded by Tarja Cronberg
Personal details
Born (1963-08-09) 9 August 1963
Finland Hämeenlinna, Finland
Political party Social Democratic Party of Finland
Religion Eastern Orthodox [1]

Tarja Filatov (born August 9, 1963 in Hämeenlinna)[2] is a Finnish member of Parliament representing the Häme constituency since 1995, and a former government minister. She belongs to the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), and since February 2010 until April 2011 has been one of the two Deputy Speakers of the Parliament. Previously she was the vice chairman of the SDP parliamentary group (1999 - 2002) and the chairman of the parliamentary group (March 2007 - February 2010).[2]

In 2000 she was appointed as Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet (1999–2003), keeping the position in the short-lived Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet (2003)[3] and then Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet (2003–2007).[2]

Preceded by
Sinikka Mönkäre
Minister of Labour (Finland)
2000–2007
Succeeded by
Tarja Cronberg

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