Sinikka Mönkäre

Taru Sinikka Mönkäre
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
In office
13 April 1995  14 April 1999
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen
Preceded by Jorma Huuhtanen
Succeeded by Maija Perho
In office
17 April 2003  19 April 2007
Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Matti Vanhanen
Preceded by Maija Perho
Succeeded by Tuula Haatainen
Minister of Labour
In office
15 April 1999  24 February 2000
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen
Preceded by Liisa Jaakonsaari
Succeeded by Tarja Filatov
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
25 February 2000  16 April 2003
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen
Preceded by Erkki Tuomioja
Succeeded by Mauri Pekkarinen
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947
Sippola, Finland
Political party Social Democratic Party

Taru Sinikka Mönkäre (born 6 March 1947) is a Finnish politician who served as minister in different cabinets of Finland.

Early life and education

Mönkäre was born in Sippola on 6 March 1947.[1] She has a PhD in medicine and surgery.[1]

Career

Mönkäre worked at different hospitals.[1] From 1981 to 1995 she served at the Imatra city council in various capacities.[1] She became a member of the Finnish Parliament in 1987 and served there until 1991.[1]

She is a member of the Social Democratic Party.[2] She held different ministerial roles. Her first ministerial post was the minister of social affairs and health and minister in the ministry of environment (housing) (1995–1999).[3] She was minister of labour from 1999 to 2000.[3] Then she served as the minister of trade and industry from 2000 to 2003.[3] During her term she supported the construction of a new nuclear power plant.[2] She was appointed minister of social affairs and health to the cabinet led by the then prime minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki on 17 April 2003.[4] On 23 September 2005, she was removed from office upon her request and replaced by Tuula Haatainen in the post.[5]

Mönkäre was appointed managing director of the state-run Finnish Slot Machine Association (RAY) in 2006.[6] In April 2009, she became a member of the executive committee of the RAY.[7] She was appointed board member for the University of Turku in February 2010.[8] She is also a member of ilmarinen’s supervisory board to which she was appointed in 2010.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Finland". VIPS. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Ministers Mönkäre and Hassi on opposite sides of nuclear power issue". Helsingin Sanomat. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Finland Ministers". Women Leaders. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. "Jäätteenmäki’s Government appointed". Finnish Embassy. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. "Ministerial changes in Finnish Government" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office. 23 September 2005.
  6. "Police question Slot Machine Association management". Helsingin Sanomat. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  7. "Hannu Salokorpi appointed Deputy Managing Director of RAY". RAY. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  8. Willberg, Ulla (3 February 2010). "Financial management is the greatest challenge for the new university Boards" (Press release). Academy of Finland. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  9. "Corporate Governance" (PDF). ilmarinen. 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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