Arja Sinikka Juvonen (born 8 December 1967) is a Finnish politician who represents the conservative Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland.[1][2][3]

Arja Juvonen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
Assumed office
20 April 2011
ConstituencyUusimaa
Personal details
Born (1967-12-08) 8 December 1967 (age 56)
Kuopio mlk, Northern Savonia, Finland
Political partyFinns Party

Career

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Juvonen served in the city council of Espoo since 2009 and in 2011 was elected to represent the Uusimaa constituency in the Parliament of Finland.[4]

In 2017, Juvonen left the Finns Party due to the election of the Jussi Halla-aho as the leader of the party. However, she did not join the Blue Reform party, which was formed by the MPs that had left the Finns Party.[5] Instead, after a few weeks, Juvonen re-joined the Finns Party.[6]

In May 2020, Juvonen publicly criticized the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland, arguing that the government was not prepared to response to the pandemic.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Valitut ehdokkaat Espoo". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  2. ^ "Valitut ehdokkaat Espoo". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  3. ^ "Valitut". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  4. ^ "MPs: Arja Juvonen". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Arja Juvonen ei liity perussuomalaisten loikkarien ryhmään: "Täällä on vahva suomalainen nainen, tulkaa hakemaan"". Helsingin Sanomat. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Arja Juvonen palaa perussuomalaisiin – "Omia ei jätetä"". Suomen Uutiset. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ Smith, Adam Oliver (2020-05-09). ""Although we had the knowledge, we lacked the readiness": Finns Party MP Arja Juvonen on the government's handling of the pandemic". Helsinki Times. Retrieved 2023-02-14.