Jari Tapani Lindström (born 28 June 1965) is a
Finnish politician and former Minister of Employment. He represented the
Finns Party
The Finns Party ( , PS; , Sannf), formerly known as the True Finns, is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
The party achieved its electoral breakthro ...
till 2017 and was first elected to the
Parliament
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in 2011 in the former constituency of
Kymi. In 2014, Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group. In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat, standing in the newly formed
South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both
Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
and
Minister of Employment in May 2015.
On 13 June 2017, Lindström and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the
New Alternative
The Finnish Reform Movement (, Korj), previously known as Blue Reform (), was a Finland, Finnish Conservatism, conservative Political parties in Finland, political party.
It was founded by the 19 MPs who left the Finns Party on 13 June 2017 in p ...
parliamentary group, which later formed into a political party called Blue Reform. Lindström took part in the
2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected.
Lindström worked at a paper mill and is also a qualified laboratory technician. He has voiced his support for
capital punishment
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under certain circumstances.
In 2020 Lindström published his memoirs ''Syvään päähän'' where he reflected his time as both MP and minister, and also the splitting of the Finns Party in 2017.
References
External links
Parliament of Finland: Jari Lindström
Home page
1965 births
Living people
People from Kuusankoski
Finns Party politicians
Blue Reform politicians
Ministers of justice of Finland
Ministers of labour of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019)
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