Li Andersson

Li Sigrid Andersson[1] (born in Turku, 13 May 1987)[2] is a Finnish politician. She is the leader of the Left Alliance, Member of the Finnish Parliament, city councilor of Turku and former chair of her party's youth organization. In June 2019, she was appointed Minister of Education in the Rinne Cabinet.[3] After the collapse of the cabinet in December 2019, Andersson continued in the same position in the following Marin Cabinet.[4]

Li Andersson
Andersson in August 2019.
Minister of Education
In office
6 June 2019 (2019-06-06) – 17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Sanna Marin
Preceded bySanni Grahn-Laasonen
Succeeded byJussi Saramo
Leader of the Left Alliance
Assumed office
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
Preceded byPaavo Arhinmäki
Member of the Finnish Parliament
Assumed office
22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)
ConstituencyFinland Proper
Personal details
Born
Li Sigrid Andersson

(1987-05-13) 13 May 1987
Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Political partyLeft Alliance
Spouse(s)Juha Pursiainen

Biography

Andersson graduated as a Bachelor of Social Sciences from Åbo Akademi University in the year 2010. She majored in international law, specializing in international human rights law and refugee law. Andersson minored in Russian language and culture.[5]

In the parliamentary elections of 2015 Andersson was elected with the highest number of personal votes in Finland Proper (with 17 seats).[6] Candidates in the district included the chairmen of the National Coalition Party and the Green League.[7] In the 2017 municipal elections, she got most votes of candidates outside Helsinki, sixth nationally.[8]

In February 2016, Andersson announced running for Left Alliance chair.[9] On 6 June 2016, she received 3,913 (61.85%) votes in an unofficial election between the party members, after which the other candidates withdrew from the running, leaving her the only remaining candidate. The decision was confirmed on 11 June 2016 at the Left Alliance meeting in Oulu.[10][11]

After the 2019 parliamentary election, in which the Left Alliance gained four seats, the party joined the SDP-led Rinne Cabinet. Andersson became Minister of Education. She temporarily left her ministry in December 2020 to go on maternity leave.[12]

Andersson is a member of the Swedish-speaking Finn national minority.[13]

Electoral history

Municipal elections
YearMunicipalityVotesResult
2008Turku175Not elected
2012Turku2,422Elected
2017Turku6,415Elected

Parliamentary elections
YearConstituencyVotesResult
2011Finland Proper2,170Not elected
2015Finland Proper15,071Elected
2019Finland Proper24,404Elected

European Parliament elections
YearConstituencyVotesResult
2014Finland47,599Not elected

Source:[14]

References
  1. Vento, Harri: Li Andersson: Sosiaalidemokraatit ovat hukassa – keskusta ottaa heidän roolinsa.
  2. Auvinen, Suvi: Historian jäänteistä kohti nykyaikaa.
  3. "Government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne". Finnish Government. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  4. "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "Li Andersson - Li Andersson".
  6. "Statsrådets förordning om fördelning av riksdagsmandaten mellan valkretsarna (935/2014)". Finlex.
  7. "Li Andersson överlägsen röstdrottning". Yle nyheter. 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  8. "Här är valets drottningar och kungar". Yle. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  9. "STT: Li Andersson lähtee vasemmistoliiton puheenjohtajakilpaan". Yle Uutiset. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  10. "Li Andersson voitti vasemmistoliiton jäsenäänestyksen uudesta puheenjohtajasta". YLE. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  11. "Li Andersson kruunattiin virallisesti puheenjohtajaksi". Iltalehti. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  12. "Jussi Saramo takes over as Education Minister". Daily Finland. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  13. Gestrin-Hagner, Maria (6 November 2017). "Årets finlandssvensk Li Andersson skrattade högt då hon nåddes av beskedet". Hufvudstadsbladet. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  14. Electoral information service Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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