Iiris Suomela

Iiris Suomela (born 1 May 1994) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Pirkanmaa constituency.[1] She is also a member of the Board of the student union of the University of Tampere.[2] Suomela was elected Member of Parliament in the 2019 parliamentary elections from the Pirkanmaa constituency with 4,873 votes.[3] In the same year, Suomela had also been candidates for the European Parliament elections but had not been elected.[4]

Iiris Suomela
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Pirkanmaa
Personal details
Born (1994-05-01) May 1, 1994
Tampere, Finland
Political partyGreen League

While the elected leader of the Green League, Maria Ohisalo, is on parental leave, Suomela is acting as leader of the party.[5] Suomela led the party into country's first county elections in January 2022, in which the Green League was among the biggest losers.[6]

Suomela's partner is entrepreneur and former politician Matti Parpala.[7] They had a child in November 2020.[8]

References
  1. Eduskunta profile
  2. "Uusi Tampereen yliopisto sai ensimmäisen hallituksen – kokoonpano kerää heti kritiikkiä: "Ei täytä tasa-arvovaatimuksia"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. "Ylen Vaalikone 2019 - Yles Valkompass 2019". vaalikone.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. "Tulospalvelu | Eurovaalit 2019 | Iltalehti". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. "Yle - Tuesday's papers: Green changes, man re-found, and Olympic Stadium complaints". yle.fi.
  6. "Vihreiden heikko tulos aluevaaleissa saa kritiikkiä omilta: "Puolueessa on selkeytettävä linjaa"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat.
  7. ""Hallituksessa ei olla, jos ei tehdä, mitä on sovittu" – Vihreät saa Iiris Suomelasta johtajan, joka vaatii feminististä politiikkaa ja edelläkävijyyttä ilmastoasioissa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. "Kansanedustaja Iiris Suomelan vauva syntyi - "paras joululahja otti reilusti etumatkaa"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.


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