Aino-Kaisa Pekonen

Current Member of Parliament

Left Alliance Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   20.04.2011–

Telephone:

09 432 3140

E-mail:

aino-kaisa.pekonen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Practical nurse

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Häme 20.04.2011–

Present memberships in committees:

Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 04.09.2024–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Marin) 10.12.2019–28.06.2021
  • Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Rinne) 06.06.2019–09.12.2019

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group (chair) 23.08.2024–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 09.09.2021–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–03.09.2024
    • Chancellery Commission (alternate member) 24.02.2012–21.04.2015
    • Grand Committee (member) 08.09.2016–21.09.2016
    • Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (member) 09.09.2016–21.09.2016
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 03.05.2011–21.04.2015
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (alternate member) 09.09.2021–29.10.2021
    • Education and Culture Committee (alternate member) 02.05.2019–05.06.2019
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 05.05.2015–05.06.2019, (alternate member) 09.09.2021–04.04.2023
    • Committee for the Future (Chair) 19.04.2023–03.09.2024, (member) 19.04.2023–03.09.2024
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 08.09.2021–04.04.2023, (Chair) 09.09.2021–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–01.10.2024
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 09.09.2021–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–03.09.2024
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 08.02.2024–22.08.2024
    • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group (chair) 23.04.2015–06.06.2019
    • Left Alliance Parliamentary Group, Comission (member) 25.08.2011–06.06.2019

  • Full name:
    • Pekonen, Aino-Kaisa Ilona
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1979 Riihimäki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Riihimäki
  • Education:
    • practical nurse 2000 (Hyvinkään Terveydenhuolto-oppilaitos, vocational school)
  • Career:
    • Restaurant Worker at McDonald's 1997-2000
    • Substitute Nurse at Oljamikoti oy 2000-2001
    • Programme Seller at Hihhihhii oy 2001-2001
    • Salesperson-Cashier at RTV Group Oy 2002-2006
    • Practical Nurse at the Riihimäki Region Health Centre Joint Municipal Authority 2006-2009
    • Housing Counsellor at Riihimäen seudun nuorisoasunnot ry 2010-2011