Pia Liisa Kauma (born 20 October 1966) is a Finnish politician, who serves as a Member of the Finnish parliament. She also serves as a member of the City Council of

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, representing the

National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

. Kauma is also a member of the Finnish delegation of the

Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (OSCE PA) is an institution of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The primary task of the 323-member Assembly is to facilitate inter-parliamentary dialogue, an important aspect of the o ...

and currently serves as the president of the organization.

Political career

Kauma was a member of the Finnish Parliament between 2011 and 2015, and was re-elected in 2017. With an education in economics and business, she has served in the Parliament on the Commerce Committee, the Social Affairs and Health Committee, the Grand Committee, the Constitutional Law Committee, and the Environment Committee. In addition to her Presidency of the

OSCE PA The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (OSCE PA) is an institution of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The primary task of the 323-member Assembly is to facilitate inter-parliamentary dialogue, an important aspect of the o ...

, Kauma was a member of the Finnish

delegation between 2011 and 2015 and an alternate member between 2017 and 2019, and has been a member since 2019. She served as the rapporteur of the General Committee on Political Affairs and Security between 2013 and 2014, and has participated in numerous election observation missions. Kauma was appointed as Special Representative on Central Asia Engagement in August 2021 and previously served as Special Representative on Civil Society Engagement. Kauma also serves as the chairman of parliamentary friendship groups of the Finnish parliament for Spain and France.

Other activities

Kauma is a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Board of

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, the Representative Council of

HOK-Elanto The S Group (, ) is a Finnish retailing cooperative organisation with its head office in Helsinki. Founded in 1904, it consists of 19 regional cooperatives operating all around Finland in addition to SOK, ''Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta'' ...

and the management board of Fennia group.

Personal life

Kauma is married to Jussi Kauma, with whom she has four children.

References

1966 births Living people People from Joensuu National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027) 21st-century Finnish women politicians Finnish city councillors Women local politicians {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub