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Christian Democratic Party (Finland)
The Christian Democrats (CD; ; , KD) is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic and Conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It was founded in May 1958, chiefly by the Christian faction of the National Coalition Party. It entered parliament in 1970. The party leader since 28 August 2015 has been Sari Essayah. The Christian Democrats have five seats in the Parliament of Finland, Finnish Parliament. It is positioned on the Centre-right politics, centre-right on the political spectrum. The party name was for a long time abbreviated to SKL (standing for , , ''Finland's Christian League''), until 2001, when the party changed its name to the current ''Christian Democrats'' and its Finnish and Swedish abbreviations to ''KD''. The CD was a minor party in the Centre-right politics, centre-right coalition government led by Prime Minister of Finland, Prime Minister Esko Aho between 1991 and 1994 and was later a part of a National un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sari Essayah
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 is 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 made seven national records, all of which are still standing. In 2016, Essayah became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and she has been a member of the Ethics Committee, Finnish Athletics Association since 2014. Education Her father is from Morocco. Essayah holds an M.Sc (Econ) in business administration and accounting from the University of Vaasa. Political career After retiring from sports Essayah entered politics and represented the Christian Democrats in the Finnish parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
