Sinikka Mönkäre

Taru Sinikka Mönkäre (born 6 March 1947) is a Finnish politician who served as minister in different cabinets of Finland.

Taru Sinikka Mönkäre
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
In office
13 April 1995  14 April 1999
Prime MinisterPaavo Lipponen
Preceded byJorma Huuhtanen
Succeeded byMaija Perho
In office
17 April 2003  19 April 2007
Prime MinisterAnneli Jäätteenmäki
Matti Vanhanen
Preceded byMaija Perho
Succeeded byTuula Haatainen
Minister of Labour
In office
15 April 1999  24 February 2000
Prime MinisterPaavo Lipponen
Preceded byLiisa Jaakonsaari
Succeeded byTarja Filatov
Minister of Trade and Industry[1]
In office
25 February 2000  16 April 2003
Prime MinisterPaavo Lipponen
Preceded byErkki Tuomioja
Succeeded byMauri Pekkarinen
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947
Sippola, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Early life and education

Mönkäre was born in Sippola on 6 March 1947.[2] She has a PhD in medicine and surgery.[2]

Career

Mönkäre worked at different hospitals.[2] From 1981 to 1995 she served at the Imatra city council in various capacities.[2] She became a member of the Finnish Parliament in 1987 and served there until 1991.[2]

She is a member of the Social Democratic Party.[3] She held different ministerial roles. Her first ministerial post was the minister of social affairs and health and minister in the ministry of environment (housing) (1995–1999).[4] She was appointed as the minister of labour from 1999 to 2000.[5] Then she served as the minister of trade and industry from 2000 to 2003.[4] During her term she supported the construction of a new nuclear power plant.[3] She was appointed minister of social affairs and health to the cabinet led by the then prime minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki on 17 April 2003.[6] On 23 September 2005, she was removed from office upon her request and replaced by Tuula Haatainen in the post.[7]

Mönkäre was appointed managing director of the state-run Finnish Slot Machine Association (RAY) in 2006.[8] In April 2009, she became a member of the executive committee of the RAY.[9] She was appointed board member for the University of Turku in February 2010.[10] She is also a member of ilmarinen’s supervisory board to which she was appointed in 2010.[11]

References

  1. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Trade and Industry". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Finland". VIPS. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  3. "Ministers Mönkäre and Hassi on opposite sides of nuclear power issue". Helsingin Sanomat. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. "Finland Ministers". Women Leaders. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. "Jäätteenmäki's Government appointed". Finnish Embassy. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  7. "Ministerial changes in Finnish Government" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office. 23 September 2005.
  8. "Police question Slot Machine Association management". Helsingin Sanomat. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  9. "Hannu Salokorpi appointed Deputy Managing Director of RAY". RAY. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  10. Willberg, Ulla (3 February 2010). "Financial management is the greatest challenge for the new university Boards" (Press release). Academy of Finland. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  11. "Corporate Governance" (PDF). ilmarinen. 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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