Johannes Koskinen

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.03.1991–21.04.2015, 17.04.2019–

Telephone:

09 432 3128

E-mail:

johannes.koskinen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

lawyer with bench training

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Häme 17.04.2019–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 10.12.2024–
Constitutional Law Committee (member) 19.04.2023–
Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 19.04.2023–, (member) 19.04.2023–, (Chair) 10.12.2024–
The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (alternate member) 06.09.2023–
Forum for International Affairs (member) 10.12.2024–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Justice (Jäätteenmäki) 17.04.2003–23.06.2003
  • Minister of Justice (Lipponen II) 15.04.1999–16.04.2003
  • Minister of Justice (Vanhanen) 24.06.2003–23.09.2005

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Häme constituency 22.03.1991 - 23.03.1999
    • Electoral District of Häme 24.03.1999 - 21.04.2015
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Second Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010, (member) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010
    • Speaker's Council (Second Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010, (member) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Chancellery Commission (Second Deputy Speaker) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010, (member) 27.03.2007–01.02.2010
    • Grand Committee (alternate member) 21.12.1993–23.03.1995, (member) 05.04.1995–14.04.1999, (member) 27.09.2005–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 03.04.2007–21.04.2015, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 11.04.1991–14.04.1999, (vice chair) 04.05.1995–24.03.1999, (member) 14.03.2006–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 03.04.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 03.05.2011–21.04.2015, (Chair) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 27.09.2005–20.03.2007, (member) 16.02.2010–21.04.2015, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (Chair) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Finance Committee (member) 02.05.2019–04.04.2023, (Chair) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Subcommittee for Administration and Security (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023
    • Tax Subcommittee (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 11.04.1991–23.03.1995
    • Defence Committee (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Committee for Labour Affairs (alternate member) 11.04.1991–23.03.1999, (Chair) 07.04.1999–14.04.1999, (member) 07.04.1999–14.04.1999
    • Electors (member) 09.04.1991–23.03.1999, (vice chair) 31.03.1995–24.03.1999
    • Revisors (member) 09.04.1991–10.02.1992, (vice chair) 11.04.1991–10.02.1992
    • The Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (member) 03.05.2007–19.04.2011, (vice chair) 11.05.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (vice chair) 19.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–05.09.2023, (vice chair) 20.04.2023–05.09.2023
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 05.04.1995–22.04.1999, (vice chair) 22.11.1996–06.04.1999
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Bank of Finland, limited (2nd alternate member) 05.04.1995–19.11.1996, (member) 20.11.1996–06.04.1999, (1st alternate member) 07.04.1999–22.04.1999
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (2nd alternate member) 16.04.1991–23.03.1995
    • High Court of Impeachment (member) 01.01.2020–10.12.2021
    • NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Chair) 15.05.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 15.05.2007–19.04.2011
    • Forum for International Affairs (Second Deputy Speaker) 20.06.2007–01.02.2010, (member) 20.06.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group 22.03.1991–21.04.2015

  • Full name:
    • Koskinen, Hannu Erkki Johannes
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1954 Janakkala
  • Present place of residence:
    • Hämeenlinna
  • Education:
    • Master of Laws 1976 (University of Helsinki), Ministry for Foreign Affairs' training course on international affairs 1981
  • Career:
    • Presenting Officer at the Provincial Government of Häme 1978-1979
    • Presenting Officer at the Ministry of the Interior 1980-1982
    • Lawyer at Rakennustyöläisten liitto 1982-1985
    • Lawyer at the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK 1985-1987
    • Political Secretary to the Minister for Employment 1987-1988
    • Governmental Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 1989-1989
    • Legislative Secretary of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group 1989-1991
    • Member of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2015-2018