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Leena Brusiin
Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena (name), Lena. It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate". In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful girl". In Kurdish, it means cascade falls (تئاڤگەی بچوک). Notable people with the name include: * Leena (model) (born 1990), Japanese fashion model * Leena Alam, Afghan film actress * Leena Khamis (born 1986), Australian football player of Assyrian-Iraqi descent * Leena Chandavarkar (born 1950), Indian Bollywood actress * Leena Dhingra, British Asian actress * Leena Gade (born c. 1975), British race engineer * Leena Günther (born 1991), German sprint athlete * Leena Harkimo (born 1963), Finnish politician and business executive * Leena Häkinen (1928–1990), Finnish stage, film and television actress * Leena Jumani, Indian actress and model * Leena Kapoor (born 1994), Indian model and actress * Leena Krohn (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina
Lina ( ) is an international feminine given name, mostly the short form of a variety of names ending in ''-lina'' including Adelina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Catalina, Emelina, Evangelina, Evelina, Karolina, Italina, Marcelina, Melina, Nikolina, Paulina, Rosalina, and Žaklina. Apart from that it can be the feminine form of Lin, Lino, Linos (Λῖνος) or Linus. Languages of origin include: Arabic, English, Italian, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish. In 2011 and since it was one of the most popular given female names in Germany. ''beliebte-vornamen.de'', accessed August 14, 2012. Lina has been one of the most popular female names in France since 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Luhtanen
Leena Luhtanen (née ''Nikulainen''; born 12 February 1941) is a Finnish politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007. She served as the minister of transport and communications in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet from 2003 to 2005, and thereafter as the minister of justice until the parliamentary elections of 2007. She was not re-elected. Luhtanen was born in Kuopio, and has been a member of Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ... city council since 1985. References External links * 1941 births Living people People from Kuopio Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Ministers of justice of Finland Ministers of transport and public works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Tiwari
Leena Tiwari is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Mariyahu, Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the Mariyahu constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party. Political career She has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, she has represented the Mariyahu constituency and is a member of the AD(S). Posts held See also *Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ... References Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Apna Dal (Sonelal) politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 21st-century Indian women politicians People from Jaunpur district {{UttarPrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Silvennoinen
Leena Silvennoinen (born March 7, 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Salmenkylä and Liisa Veijalainen on the Finnish relay team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on July 1, 2008) See also * Finnish orienteers * * |
Leena Salmenkylä
Leena Salmenkylä (born 13 March 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Silvennoinen and Liisa Veijalainen on the Finnish relay team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on July 1, 2008) See also * Finnish orienteers * * |
Leena Rauhala
Leena Rauhala (28 February 1942 – 2 March 2024) was a Finnish politician who was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1999–2015 representing Pirkanmaa. Life and career Rauhala was a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2015. She was a member of the Chancellery Committee, the Finance Committee, the Subcommittee for Education and Science and the Committee for the Future. Previously, she had been a member of the Grand Committee, the Education and Culture Committee, the Social Affairs and Health Committee, the Employment and Equality Committee, the Environment Committee, the Legal Affairs Committee, the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council, the Board of the Library of Parliament and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group. In 2004, Rauhala was a candidate for the Chair of the Christian Democrats, finishing third behind Päivi Räsänen Päivi Maria Räsänen, née Kuvaja (born 19 December 1959), is a Finnish politician. The chairwoman of the Christian Democrats from 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Puranen
Leena Puranen Skogman (born 18 October 1986) is a Finnish football forward who plays for Swedish lower division team Varbergs BoIS. In 2012 and 2013 she played for Jitex BK in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC Ilves, United Pietarsaari and HJK in the Naisten Liiga, and KIF Örebro and Hammarby IF in the Swedish league. Puranen made her senior Finland women's national football team debut in a 4–0 friendly defeat by the United States in Carson, California, on 25 August 2007. In May 2009 Puranen suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which ruled her out of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. National coach Andrée Jeglertz selected Puranen in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for List of women's national association football teams#UEFA, women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament ..., but s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Puotiniemi
Leena Puotiniemi (born 19 March 1976) is a Finnish long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., placing 87th with a time of 2:42:01. Puotiniemi won the 2010, 2011 and 2013 Helsinki City Marathon. References 1976 births Living people Finnish female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes from Helsinki {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Pietilä
Irja Ester Helena "Leena" Pietilä, married surname: Vainio (born 29 March 1925 – 20 May 2014) was a Finnish figure skater. She was a two-time Nordic champion and a seven-time Finnish national champion. Early life On 29 March 1925, Pietilä was born in Rauma, Finland. Career Pietilä was a figure skater for Helsingfors Skridskoklubb in Helsinki. Pietilä placed 16th at the 1947 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden; 13th at the 1950 European Championships in Oslo, Norway; and 13th at the 1951 European Championships in Zürich, Switzerland. In February 1952, Pietilä represented Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, and finished 20th. After retiring from competition, Pietilä became an international figure skating judge and coach. Competitive highlights Personal life On May 20, 2014, Pietilä died in Mikkeli Mikkeli (; ; ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, city in, and the regional capital of, South Savo, Finland, located in the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Peltonen-Palotie
Leena Peltonen-Palotie (16 June 1952 – 11 March 2010) was a Finnish geneticist who contributed to the identification of 15 genes for Finnish heritage diseases, including arterial hypertension, schizophrenia, lactose intolerance, arthrosis and multiple sclerosis. She was considered one of the world's leading molecular geneticists. Biography Peltonen-Palotie was born in Helsinki, but her family moved to Oulu when she was five years old. She completed her secondary education at the Finnish Co-educational Lycée of Oulu, graduating in 1971. Peltonen-Palotie went on to study medicine, receiving her Licentiate of Medicine degree in 1976, and completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Oulu in 1978. Peltonen-Palotie worked at the National Public Health Institute of Finland from 1987 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002 she helped found the UCLA Department of Human Genetics. She had a professorial position in the Academy of Finland since 2003. In April 2005 Peltonen-Palotie was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Peisa
Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (born 16 March 1979) is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma". Biography Leena Maria Peisa was born in Vantaa although she spent her teenage years in Porvoo. She has been playing the piano since she was six years old. She took to playing the synthesizer in her teens. Her first band was Punaiset Messiaat which she joined in autumn 1994. While in Punaiset Messiaat she used the stage name "Lende Mielihyvä". Mielihyvä is the Finnish word for pleasure. After Punaiset Messiaat disbanded in 1998, Peisa concentrated on her education and studied Social Studies at the University of Helsinki. In 2003, she joined the Esperanto band Dolchamar, and in 2005 was invited to join Lordi by drummer Kita to replace the keyboardist Enary. In Lordi, she takes on the persona of an unearthly vampire countess. The name ''Awa'' comes from ''Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Nair
Leena Nair (née Menon; born 1969) is a British-Indian business executive who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Chanel. Nair was previously Unilever's chief human resource officer and a Unilever leadership executive member. Nair was responsible for the human capital of Unilever, which operates across multiple regulatory and labor environments spread over 190 countries. Nair is an advocate for human-centered workplaces and compassionate leadership. In 2025, Nair honored with Order of the British Empire by William, Prince of Wales, Prince William. Early life and education Nair was born to a Hindu Malayali family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, on June 11, 1969. She was a part of the first female cohort to graduate from Holy Cross Convent High School Kolhapur. Nair then became the first woman in her family to pursue higher education. After completing her bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunication (E&TC) Engineering at Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli (Maharashtra) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
