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Sari Essayah
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Petteri Orpo
- Preceded by
- Antti Kurvinen
- Born
- ( 1967-02-21 ) 21 February 1967 (age 59) , Haukivuori , Finland
- Party
- Christian Democrats
- Spouse
- Robert Knapp
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Race walking
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Miriam
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Haukivuori
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- University of Vaasa
- Political party
- Christian Democrats
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Religion
- Pentecostalism
- Participant in
- 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 48
- Image
- Sari-Essayah-01 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 162
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- Sari Essayah
- date of birth
- 1967-02-21
- birth name
- Sari Miriam Essayah
- sports discipline competed in
- racewalking
- name in native language
- Sari Essayah
- candidacy in election
- 2024 Finnish presidential election
- social media followers
- 19430
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Encyclopedic overview
Sari Miriam Essayah (born 21 February 1967) is a Finnish retired racewalker and a politician, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of Parliament since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish Christian Democrats party. She has been serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023.
During her sports career, Essayah competed mainly in 5 and 10 kilometres. In the latter, she won the World Championship in 1993 and the European Championship in 1994. She set seven national records, all of which are still standing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sari Essayah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.