Lauri Matias Lyly (born 20 February 1953,

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...

) is a

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trade unionist and politician who served as the mayor of

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since 2017 until 2021. He is married with Tuula Lyly and the couple has three children.

Early life and career

Lyly was born in Seinäjoki, in 1953. His father worked as a painter and mother as a sewer. He left his childhood home at the age of 15 and moved to

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

in order to study. In 1971 he became an electrician. After this be became a technician. Between 1972–1989 Lyly worked as an electric technician in a few places around Western Finland. In 1989 he became a trade unionist as he started as secretary in

Finnish Electrical Workers' Union The Finnish Electrical Workers' Union ( fi, Sähköalojen ammattiliitto, Sähköliitto) is a trade union representing electrical workers in Finland. The union was founded in 1955, as a split from the Metalworkers' Union. The Metalworkers preven ...

. In 1997 he was elected as the chairperson of the union. Between 2009–2016 he was the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions after which he retired.

Political career and as mayor

In February 2017 Lyly came back from the retirement and decided to run in

municipal election In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...

. Lyly was elected as the mayor of Tampere on 12 June 2017 after that year's municipal election. As mayor Lyly's most important function is to be work as the chairperson of the city government. The number of 4-year-terms is not limited and the same person can be re-elected as mayor. In January 2021 Lyly announced that he has been nominated as the mayoral candidate of the

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in Tampere in upcoming

and is seeking re-election. Lyly received 2,492 votes, and

Anna-Kaisa Ikonen Anna-Kaisa Ikonen (born 4 April 1977) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland representing the National Coalition Party from the Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tam ...

from NCP was nominated as the mayor on August 16.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyly, Lauri 1953 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Tampere Finnish trade union leaders