Leena Meri

Current Member of Parliament

The Finns Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   07.05.2015–

E-mail:

leena.meri(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Lawyer with bench training, registrar

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Uusimaa 07.05.2015–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Justice (Orpo) 20.06.2023–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Chancellery Commission (member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 09.06.2015–29.06.2017, (Chair) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (Chair) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
    • Commerce Committee (alternate member) 20.03.2020–11.02.2022
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 09.06.2015–29.06.2017, (alternate member) 30.06.2017–17.06.2019
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019
    • High Court of Impeachment (member) 01.01.2020–27.06.2023
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 18.06.2019–27.06.2023
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–20.06.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • The Finns Party Parliamentary Group (chair) 15.06.2017–22.04.2019
    • The Finns Party Parliamentary Group (2nd vice chair) 02.02.2016–15.06.2017
    • The Finns Party Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (chair) 15.06.2017–22.04.2019

  • Full name:
    • Meri, Leena Kristiina
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1968 Helsinki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Hyvinkää
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1987 (Töölön yhteiskoulu), Master of Laws 2000 (University of Helsinki)
  • Career:
    • District Registrar, Notary Public, Attesting Notary, Civil Marriage Officiator at the Eastern 2007-2015
    • Inspector at the Hyvinkää Local Register Office 2006-2006
    • Entrepreneur at Lakiasiaintoimisto Leena Meri 2005-2007
    • Senior Secretary at the Helsinki Court of Appeal 2004-2005
    • Insurance Court Secretary at the Insurance Court 2004-2004
    • Notary at the District Court of Riihimäki 2002-2003
    • Inspector at the Vantaa Local Register Office 2001-2003
    • Associate Lawyer at a law firm 2000-2000