Petteri Orpo

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   21.03.2007–

E-mail:

petteri.orpo(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Social Sciences

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Varsinais-Suomi 21.03.2007–

Member of the Government:

  • Prime Minister (Orpo) 20.06.2023–
  • Minister of the Interior (Sipilä) 29.05.2015–21.06.2016
  • Minister of Finance (Sipilä) 22.06.2016–05.06.2019
  • Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Stubb) 24.06.2014–28.05.2015

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Speaker) 12.04.2023–19.06.2023
    • Speaker's Council (Speaker) 12.04.2023–19.06.2023
    • Chancellery Commission (member) 04.05.2007–10.09.2014, (Speaker) 12.04.2023–19.06.2023
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 03.05.2011–11.03.2014, (alternate member) 12.03.2014–23.06.2014, (member) 18.06.2019–28.09.2021, (alternate member) 29.09.2021–29.04.2022, (alternate member) 09.09.2022–04.04.2023
    • Administration Committee (alternate member) 03.05.2011–27.11.2012
    • Defence Committee (member) 22.04.2022–08.09.2022, (Chair) 26.04.2022–08.09.2022
    • Commerce Committee (member) 03.04.2007–19.04.2011, (alternate member) 03.05.2011–23.06.2014
    • Environment Committee (member) 03.04.2007–11.09.2009
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (alternate member) 04.04.2007–02.05.2007
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (alternate member) 11.02.2009–19.04.2011, (alternate member) 30.06.2011–10.09.2014
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 22.11.2012–10.09.2014, (member) 18.06.2019–27.06.2023
    • Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (alternate member) 30.06.2011–12.02.2013
    • Forum for International Affairs (Speaker) 12.04.2023–19.06.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • National Coalition Party (chair) 13.11.2012–22.06.2014
    • National Coalition Party (2nd vice chair) 21.06.2011–12.11.2012
    • National Coalition Party (3rd vice chair) 19.04.2007–20.06.2011

  • Full name:
    • Orpo, Antti Petteri
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1969 Köyliö
  • Present place of residence:
    • Turku
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate  (Säkylän seudun lukio, general upper secondary school), Master of Political Sciences  (University of Turku)
  • Career:
    • Director of Business Services, Turku Adult Education Centre 2005-2007
    • Deputy Party Secretary of the National Coalition Party 2003-2005
    • Special Adviser at the Ministry of the Interior 2002-2003
    • Executive Director at the National Coalition Party in Southwest Finland 1998-2001
    • Secretary General at the National Union of University Students in Finland 1997-1998
    • Secretary General at the Student Union of the University of Turku 1994-1996