Personal details
Minister of the Environment
Ville Niinistö
Minister of the Environment, 22 June 2011 to present
Party Leader, Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament
Green League
Date and place of birth: 30 July 1976, Turku
Place of residence: Turku
Green League, Party Leader, 2011 to present
Green League, Deputy Party Leader, 2005–2007
Member of Parliament, 2007 to present
Green League parliament group, 2nd Vice Chair 2007–2009, Chair 2009 to present
Researcher, 2006–2007
Full-time postgraduate student, 2005–2006
Researcher, project on the history of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs during President Kekkonen's terms, University of Turku, Department of Contemporary History / Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2004–2005
Researcher, University of Turku, 2003–2004
Secretary for Academic Affairs, part–time rapporteur ad int., Student Union of the University of Turku, 2001–2003
Stand-in teacher, trainee, University of Turku, Department of Contemporary History, 2000
University trainee, Embassy of Finland, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2000
Forklift driver, Felix Abba 1997–1999
Town of Kaarina, Environment Committee, Chair 2001–2004
Association for students studying political history and political science at the University of Turku, 1998
Spouse: Ingrid Wetterstrand
Two children