Key facts
- Prime minister
- Juha Sipilä
- Preceded by
- Erkki Tuomioja
- Succeeded by
- Pekka Haavisto
- Born
- Timo Juhani Soini , ( 1962-05-30 ) 30 May 1962 (age 64) , Rauma , Finland
- Party
- Independent
- Other political affiliations
- Finnish Reform Movement (2017–2023), Finns Party (1995–2017), Finnish Rural Party (1979–1995)
- Alma mater
- University of Helsinki
- Website
- Official website
- Allegiance
- Finland
- Branch service
- Finnish Army
- Rank
- Corporal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Juhani
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Rauma
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Helsinki
- Political party
- Finns Party
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Official website
- www.timosoini.fi
- Image
- Timo Soini.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
- Residence
- Espoo
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- Commons category
- Timo Soini
- date of birth
- 1962-05-30
- name in native language
- Timo Soini
- P10632
- Timo Soini
- affiliation string
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Encyclopedic overview
Timo Juhani Soini (born 30 May 1962) is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019.
He was elected as a member of the Espoo city council in 2000, and the Parliament of Finland in 2003. In the 2009 European Parliament election, he won a seat in the European Parliament with Finland's highest personal vote share (nearly 10% of all votes), becoming the first member of the Finns Party in the European Parliament. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to the Finnish Parliament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Timo Soini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.