Sari Sarkomaa

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   24.03.1999–

Telephone:

09 432 3033

E-mail:

sari.sarkomaa(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Health Care

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Helsinki 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 06.09.2023–
Finance Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) 08.09.2023–
Subcommittee for Municipal and Welfare Affairs (member) 08.09.2023–
Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (member) 04.09.2024–
Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 09.06.2015–, (member) 09.06.2015–, (vice chair) 19.09.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Education (Vanhanen II) 19.04.2007–18.12.2008

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003
    • Grand Committee (member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (member) 03.04.2007–18.04.2007, (alternate member) 11.02.2009–19.04.2011, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (alternate member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Finance Committee (alternate member) 02.04.2003–03.02.2006, (alternate member) 07.06.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 15.09.2009–21.04.2015, (member) 09.06.2015–20.02.2018, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Tax Subcommittee (member) 18.09.2009–19.04.2011
    • Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) 01.09.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 11.09.2015–20.02.2018, (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023
    • Subcommittee for Municipal and Health Affairs (member) 08.04.2003–03.02.2006, (member) 13.06.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 18.09.2009–22.10.2009, (Chair) 01.09.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 01.09.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 11.09.2015–20.02.2018, (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023 (Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–03.02.2008, (Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–03.02.2008, (Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–03.02.2008, (Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–03.02.2008, (Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–03.02.2008
    • Housing and Environment Subcommittee (member) 08.04.2003–03.02.2006, (member) 13.06.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 23.10.2009–19.04.2011
    • Administration Committee (alternate member) 18.12.2001–05.02.2002
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Transport and Communications Committee (alternate member) 18.09.2001–18.03.2003, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Education and Culture Committee (Chair) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (member) 03.04.2007–18.04.2007, (member) 21.02.2018–16.04.2019, (member) 11.02.2020–22.10.2020
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 07.04.1999–26.05.2000, (member) 19.12.2000–18.03.2003, (alternate member) 02.04.2003–03.02.2006, (alternate member) 07.06.2006–18.04.2007, (member) 03.09.2014–21.04.2015, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–04.04.2023
    • Commerce Committee (member) 02.04.2003–03.02.2006, (member) 06.09.2006–20.03.2007, (vice chair) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Committee for the Future (alternate member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Committee for Labour Affairs (member) 07.04.1999–01.10.1999, (member) 05.04.2013–06.02.2014, (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015 (Committee for Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–02.02.2000, (Committee for Labour Affairs) 22.03.1991–02.02.2000
    • Environment Committee (alternate member) 07.04.1999–18.03.2003, (member) 11.02.2009–07.10.2009, (alternate member) 08.10.2009–19.04.2011, (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Electors (member) 06.04.1999–29.02.2000
    • Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (2nd alternate member) 07.04.1999–01.04.2003, (member) 02.04.2003–28.03.2006, (Chair) 29.06.2015–22.08.2019
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019, (vice chair) 21.03.2018–04.04.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (1st vice chair) 11.06.2019–19.06.2023

  • Full name:
    • Sarkomaa, Sari Johanna
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1965 Tampere
  • Present place of residence:
    • Helsinki
  • Education:
    • radiographer 1988, Master of Health Care 1996
  • Career:
    • Secretary of Social Affairs of the National Coalition Party parliamentary group 1996-1999
    • Various substitute positions in health care 1988-1991