Tytti Tuppurainen (born 18 February 1976) is a Finnish politician. Born in

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, Tuppurainen was elected to the

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for the

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in 2011, from the constituency of

. In 2019 she was re-elected to the parliament for the term 2019–2023. Tuppurainen was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the

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Antti Rinne in 2019. When Finland held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, she led talks with

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over its

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for the years 2021–2027. After the collapse of

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in December 2019, Tuppurainen continued in the subsequent Marin Cabinet, in which she had "Ownership Steering" added to her ministerial portfolio. This refers to the policy for government-owned companies.

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