Jari Lindström

Jari Tapani Lindström (born 28 June 1965) is a Finnish politician and former Minister of Employment.^[1] He represented the Finns Party till 2017 and was first elected to the Parliament in 2011 in the former constituency of Kymi. In 2014, Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group.^[2] In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat, standing in the newly formed South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Employment in May 2015.^[3][4]

Jari Lindström
Minister of Employment
In office 29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Lauri Ihalainen
Succeeded by	Timo Harakka
Minister of Justice
In office 29 May 2015 – 5 May 2017
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Anna-Maja Henriksson
Succeeded by	Antti Häkkänen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office 20 April 2011 – 16 April 2019
Constituency	Kymi (2011–2015) South-Eastern Finland (2015–2019)
Personal details
Born	Jari Tapani Lindström (1965-06-28) 28 June 1965 (age 59) Kuusankoski, Finland (now Kouvola)
Political party	Blue Reform (2017–) Finns (until 2017)
Spouse	Outi Lindström ​ (m. 2001)​

On 13 June 2017, Lindström and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group, which later formed into a political party called Blue Reform.^[5] Lindström took part in the 2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected.^[6]

Lindström worked at a paper mill and is also a qualified laboratory technician.^[7] He has voiced his support for capital punishment under certain circumstances.^[4]

In 2020 Lindström published his memoirs Syvään päähän where he reflected his time as both MP and minister, and also the splitting of the Finns Party in 2017.^[8]

References

1. "Leadership of the Ministry". Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
2. "Jari Lindström perussuomalaisten ryhmänjohtajaksi". Yle Uutiset.
3. "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
4. "YLE News: Thursday's papers: New government under the microscope and Finland's FIFA conundrum (28 May 2015)".
5. "Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset". Yle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
6. "Ministeri toisensa jälkeen putosi eduskunnasta – he joutuvat hakemaan uutta työtä". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
7. http://www.jarppalindstrom.net/5 Jari Lindström's Home Page (accessed 30 May 2015)
8. "Jari Lindströmin muistelmat kertovat perussuomalaisten keskinäisistä kahinoista, "omaan pesään kusemisesta" ja ex-ministerin tiestä kortistoon". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-08-20.

External links

• Parliament of Finland: Jari Lindström (in Finnish)
• Home page (in Finnish)