Sari Sarkomaa (born 24 September 1965 in
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city
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,
Finland
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) is a Finnish politician and former Minister of Education.
She served in
Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
The second cabinet of Matti Vanhanen was the 70th cabinet and Government of Finland. The cabinet held office from 19 April 2007 to 20 June 2010. The cabinet was a centre-right-led coalition, consisting of four parties: the Centre Party, the Nati ...
between 19 April 2007 and 19 December 2008. Sarkomaa quit her ministerial post to spend more time with her family. She was succeeded by
Henna Virkkunen
Henna Maria Virkkunen (born 4 June 1972) is a Finnish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She is a member of the National Coalition Party, part of the European People's Party. She was Minister ...
.
References
External links
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Sari Sarkomaa's website
1965 births
Living people
Politicians from Tampere
National Coalition Party politicians
Ministers of Education of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–27)
Women government ministers of Finland
21st-century Finnish women politicians
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
University of Helsinki alumni
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