Merja Kyllönen
Merja Kyllönen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Finland |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 22 June 2011 – 24 April 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen |
| Preceded by | Anu Vehviläinen |
| Succeeded by | Henna Virkkunen |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
| In office 21 March 2007 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Constituency | Oulu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1977 |
| Party | Finnish Left Alliance EU The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
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Merja Kyllönen (born 25 January 1977) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Left Alliance, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL. She was the Minister of Transport in Katainen Cabinet 2011–2014. From 2014 to 2019 she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), representing Finland.
In 2018, Kyllönen was the candidate of the Left Alliance in the Finnish presidential election. In the election, Kyllönen placed seventh with 3 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term with a majority of votes.