Henna Virkkunen
Henna Virkkunen | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Margrethe Vestager |
| Member of the European Parliament for Finland | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Sirpa Pietikäinen |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 4 April 2014 – 24 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen |
| Preceded by | Merja Kyllönen |
| Succeeded by | Paula Risikko |
| Minister of Public Administration and Local Government | |
| In office 22 June 2011 – 24 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen |
| Preceded by | Tapani Tölli |
| Succeeded by | Paula Risikko (Transport and Local Government) |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 19 December 2008 – 22 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi |
| Preceded by | Sari Sarkomaa |
| Succeeded by | Jukka Gustafsson |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
| In office 21 March 2007 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Helsinki |
| Member of the Jyväskylä City Council | |
| In office 20 October 1996 – 9 April 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henna Maria Virkkunen 4 June 1972 Joutsa, Finland |
| Party | National Coalition |
| Spouse | Matti Mäkinen |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Jyväskylä |
| Website | www |
Henna Maria Virkkunen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhenːɑ ˈmɑriɑ ˈʋirkːunen]; born 4 June 1972) is a Finnish politician who serves as Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, and European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies in the von der Leyen II Commission since December 2024.
A member of the center-right National Coalition Party, part of the European People's Party, she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2024. From 2007 to 2014 she sat in the Parliament of Finland, during which she held several ministerial portfolios across three successive cabinets, including Minister of Education, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, and later Minister of Transport and Local Government.