Sampsa Kalle Henrikki Kataja (born 3 April 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish politician, Member of Parliament and lawyer. Kataja has served in the Pori City Council from 1997 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025, and as a member of the National Assembly for the Coalition Party of Finland from 2007 to 2015.[1]
Sampsa Kataja | |
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| Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 2007–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 3, 1972 Kerava, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
In 2015 Kataja left politics to become a partner in the international law firm Eversheds.[2]
Biography edit
Kataja graduated from the University of Turku with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1998.[1] He has also studied international law at Uppsala University in 1997.[1] He became a deputy judge in 1999, after practising at the Pori District Court and the Court of Appeal in 1998–1999, after which he worked as a lawyer.[1] He graduated as a lawyer in 2002.[1]
Political career edit
Juniper was first elected to Parliament in the 2007 elections with 8 463 votes. He was the candidate with the highest number of votes in the Satakunta constituency.[3] He was re-elected for a further term in the spring 2011 elections with 6 425 votes.[4] In 2008–2012, he served two terms as vice-chairman of the Coalition Party.[5][6] In Parliament, he was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee (2007–2011), the Education Committee (2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2010–2011), the Finance Committee and its subcommittee on Administration and Security (2011–2015), and the Chairman of the Tax Chamber (2011–2015). He was also a member of the Finnish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from 2007 to 2011.[1]
In December 2011 Kataja appeared drunk at a plenary session of the Parliament.[7] The Coalition Party leadership condemned the behaviour as inappropriate, and Kataja apologised to Deputy Speaker Pekka Ravi.[8]
In July 2014 Kataja announced that he would not stand as a candidate in the 2015 parliamentary elections. He said he wanted to spend more time with his family and return to his work as a lawyer and in business, but would continue to work in Pori municipal politics.[9] Kataja also did not consider the salaries of MPs competitive enough to attract people such as lawyers and other experts into politics.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Sampsa Kataja". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Sampsa Kataja suuren lakitoimiston osakkaaksi – politiikka jää taka-alalle". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Valitut ehdokkaat Satakunnan vaalipiiri". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Eduskuntavaalit 17.4.2011: Valitut ehdokkaat Satakunnan vaalipiiri". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Kokoomuksen varapuheenjohtajiksi Eija-Riitta Korhola, Henna Virkkunen ja Sampsa Kataja". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Sampsa Kataja putosi kokoomuksen johdosta". hs.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-07-16.
- ^ "Kansanedustaja Sampsa Kataja piti istuntosalissa puheen päihtyneenä". iltalehti.fi. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Kokoomusjohtaja humalakohusta: "Tällaista ei pitäisi missään nimessä tapahtua"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "HS: Sampsa Kataja jättää politiikan". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Kansanedustajat: Eduskuntaan ei pyritä palkan vuoksi". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.