Sanni Grahn-Laasonen

Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (born 4 May 1983) is a Finnish politician and a member of the National Coalition Party. She was the Minister of Education and Culture 2015-2019.^[1] She was the Minister of the Environment in Alexander Stubb's cabinet between 2014 and 2015.^[2] Before her career in politics she has worked as a journalist in the Finnish afternoon newspaper Iltalehti.

Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Grahn-Laasonen in 2023
Minister of Social Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2023
Prime Minister	Petteri Orpo
Preceded by	Krista Kiuru
Minister of Education and Science
In office 5 May 2017 – 6 June 2019
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Herself (education and culture)
Succeeded by	Li Andersson (education) Annika Saarikko (science)
Minister of Education and Culture
In office 29 May 2015 – 5 May 2017
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Krista Kiuru (education) Pia Viitanen (culture)
Succeeded by	Herself (education) Sampo Terho (culture)
Minister of the Environment
In office 26 September 2014 – 29 May 2015
Prime Minister	Alexander Stubb
Preceded by	Ville Niinistö
Succeeded by	Kimmo Tiilikainen
Member of the Parliament of Finland
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2011
Personal details
Born	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 42) Forssa, Tavastia Proper, Finland
Political party	National Coalition Party

In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of Social Security in the Orpo Cabinet.^[3]

Electoral history

Parliamentary elections

Year	Constituency	Votes	Percentage	Result
2011	Tavastia	5,866	2.89%	Elected
2015	Tavastia	7,556	3.73%	Re-elected
2019	Tavastia	7,419	3.61%	Re-elected
2023	Tavastia	7,003	3.38%	Re-elected

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