Tytti Tuppurainen

Tytti Tuppurainen (born 18 February 1976) is a Finnish politician.

Tytti Tuppurainen
Tuppurainen in 2019
Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering
In office 10 December 2019 – 20 June 2023
Prime Minister	Sanna Marin
Preceded by	Herself (European Affairs) Sirpa Paatero (Ownership Steering)
Succeeded by	Anders Adlercreutz
Minister for European Affairs
In office 6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019
Prime Minister	Antti Rinne
Preceded by	Sampo Terho
Succeeded by	Herself
Personal details
Born	(1976-02-18) 18 February 1976 (age 49) Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Born in Oulu, Tuppurainen was elected to the Finnish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in 2011, from the constituency of Oulu.^[1] In 2019 she was re-elected to the parliament for the term 2019–2023.^[2]

Tuppurainen was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne in 2019.^[1][3] When Finland held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, she led talks with member states over its budget for the years 2021–2027.^[4]

After the collapse of Rinne Cabinet in December 2019, Tuppurainen continued in the subsequent Marin Cabinet, in which she had "Ownership Steering" added to her ministerial portfolio.^[5] This refers to the policy for government-owned companies.^[6] During her tenure she oversaw the €6 billion loss of Uniper from Fortum, which is majority state-owned. ^[7]

Honours

• Order of the White Rose of Finland (Finland, 2022)^[8]