Jenni Haukio

Haukio graduated from the University of Turku with a master of political sciences degree in 2001.[2]

She worked at the University of Turku, first as a research assistant and then as a communications officer. From 2003 to 2005 she was a parliamentary assistant, and from 2005 to 2012 she worked for the National Coalition Party. Since February 2012, Haukio has been the programme manager for the Turku Book Fair.[3]

Haukio has published three poetry collections. The first one won a national debut poet contest, Runo-Kaarina, in 1999.[3]

Haukio met Sauli Niinistö, then a widower, in 2005, while she was working for the National Coalition Party. Haukio interviewed Niinistö for the party's Nykypäivä magazine.[4] They later became a couple, but they kept their relationship a secret from the public until their marriage on 3 January 2009.[5] Their first child, a son named Aaro Veli Väinämö Niinistö, was born on 2 February 2018.[1][6]

Jenni Haukio (right) with US-First Lady Melania Trump, US-President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sauli Niinistö in the 2018 Russia–United States summit in Helsinki.

Jenni Haukio (right) with US-First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House, 2016.