Antti Kurvinen

Current Member of Parliament

Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.04.2015–

E-mail:

antti.kurvinen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Lawyer, Master of Laws

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Vaasa 22.04.2015–

Present memberships in committees:

Grand Committee (alternate member) 28.06.2023–
Audit Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 28.06.2023–
Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (alternate member) 28.06.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Marin) 29.04.2022–20.06.2023
  • Minister of Science and Culture (Marin) 27.05.2021–28.04.2022

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Centre Party Parliamentary Group (chair) 20.06.2023–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Grand Committee (member) 18.06.2019–10.06.2020
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Audit Committee (alternate member) 09.06.2015–28.02.2018, (alternate member) 15.09.2020–27.05.2021
    • Administration Committee (member) 05.05.2015–17.06.2019
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 06.09.2019–10.12.2019, (alternate member) 11.12.2019–14.09.2020, (member) 15.09.2020–27.05.2021
    • Transport and Communications Committee (alternate member) 22.04.2021–27.05.2021
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (alternate member) 01.03.2018–16.04.2019
    • Social Affairs and Health Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–27.05.2021
    • Intelligence Oversight Committee (member) 26.06.2019–22.09.2020
    • Committee for the Future (member) 18.06.2019–06.09.2019
    • Employment and Equality Committee (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (alternate member) 07.09.2017–16.04.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–27.05.2021
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 19.06.2018–16.04.2019
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.06.2021
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (alternate member) 09.06.2015–03.12.2015
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 18.06.2019–04.06.2021
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Centre Party Parliamentary Group (chair) 07.06.2019–27.05.2021

  • Full name:
    • Kurvinen, Antti Ilmari Vilhelm
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1986 Ylihärmä
  • Present place of residence:
    • Kauhava
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 2005 (Härmän lukio, general upper secondary school), Master of Laws 2013 (Lapland University of Applied Sciences), lawyer’s degree 2014 (Finnish Bar Association), National Defence Course (220th) 2017 (Finnish Defence Forces), National Defence Course continuation course No 109 2023 (Finnish Defence Forces)
  • Career:
    • Licensed Legal Counsel 2014-2015
    • Lawyer (Specialist Counsel at Ristikangas, Kinnunen & Koskinen Oy) 2013-2015
    • Lawyer Trainee (Specialist Counsel at Ristikangas, Kinnunen & Koskinen Oy) 2012-2013
    • Chairperson (paid position of trust) (Finnish Centre Youth) 2009-2013
    • Chairperson (paid position of trust) (Finnish Centre Students) 2009-2009
    • Project Coordinator (Centre Party of Finland) 2009-2009
    • Summer Trainee (Ylihärmän Säästöpankki) 2007-2008