Mari-Leena Talvitie

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   22.04.2015–

Telephone:

09 432 3175

E-mail:

mari-leena.talvitie(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Science, Environmental Engineering

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Oulu 22.04.2015–

Present memberships in committees:

Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (member) 28.06.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Science and Culture (Orpo) 24.01.2025–

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (3rd vice chair) 20.06.2023–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Grand Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 28.06.2023–05.09.2023
    • Finance Committee (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Administration Committee (member) 09.06.2015–04.04.2023, (vice chair) 02.05.2019–04.04.2023, (alternate member) 28.06.2023–24.01.2025
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 28.06.2023–24.01.2025
    • Committee for the Future (alternate member) 14.09.2021–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023, (alternate member) 28.06.2023–24.01.2025
    • Employment and Equality Committee (alternate member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Environment Committee (alternate member) 09.06.2015–28.11.2018, (member) 29.11.2018–16.04.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (alternate member) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (member) 10.06.2015–04.04.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (3rd vice chair) 18.09.2020–31.01.2022

  • Full name:
    • Talvitie, Mari-Leena Hannele
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1980 Vaasa
  • Present place of residence:
    • Oulu
  • Education:
    • Master of Science, Environmental Engineering 2010 (University of Oulu)
  • Career:
    • Control Room Operator during the summers at Altia Corporation, Koskenkorva Plant 2002-2004
    • Part-time Provincial Assistant to Member of Parliament Suvi Lindén 2004-2006
    • Project Worker at the Koskenkorva Plant (Altia Corporation ) 2006-2006
    • Parliamentary Assistant to Member of Parliament Petri Pihlajaniemi (Finnish Parliament) 2007-2011
    • Parliamentary Assistant to Member of Parliament Esko Kurvinen (Finnish Parliament) 2011-2014