Tarja Filatov

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   24.03.1995–

Telephone:

09 432 3112

E-mail:

tarja.filatov(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Member of Parliament

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Häme 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Speakers (Second Deputy Speaker) 12.04.2023–
Speaker's Council (Second Deputy Speaker) 12.04.2023–
Chancellery Commission (Second Deputy Speaker) 12.04.2023–
High Court of Impeachment (member) 29.09.2022–
Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (alternate member) 28.06.2023–
Forum for International Affairs (Second Deputy Speaker) 12.04.2023–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Employment (Jäätteenmäki) 17.04.2003–23.06.2003
  • Minister of Employment (Lipponen II) 25.02.2000–16.04.2003
  • Minister of Employment (Vanhanen) 24.06.2003–18.04.2007

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Häme constituency 24.03.1995 - 23.03.1999
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (First Deputy Speaker) 18.12.2020–28.05.2021
    • Speaker's Council (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019, (First Deputy Speaker) 18.12.2020–28.05.2021
    • Chancellery Commission (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (First Deputy Speaker) 18.12.2020–28.05.2021
    • Grand Committee (alternate member) 09.06.1997–24.02.2000, (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 23.04.1999–24.02.2000, (member) 30.06.2011–25.09.2012, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (alternate member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019
    • Finance Committee (member) 10.09.2009–12.02.2010, (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Tax Subcommittee (member) 11.09.2009–12.02.2010
    • Sub-committee for Employment and the Economy (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023
    • Subcommittee for Municipal and Welfare Affairs (Chair) 06.09.2019–19.02.2021, (member) 06.09.2019–04.04.2023, (Chair) 01.06.2021–04.04.2023
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 20.11.1996–23.03.1999
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 05.04.1995–22.04.1999
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (member) 05.04.1995–15.11.1996
    • Education and Culture Committee (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Intelligence Oversight Committee (member) 26.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Committee for the Future (member) 27.02.1996–23.03.1999, (vice chair) 04.12.1996–24.03.1999, (member) 23.04.1999–24.02.2000, (vice chair) 27.04.1999–24.02.2000, (member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009
    • Employment and Equality Committee (Chair) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 30.06.2011–17.06.2019, (Chair) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019, (vice chair) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 03.04.2020–29.10.2021
    • Environment Committee (member) 26.09.2012–08.06.2015, (alternate member) 09.06.2015–17.06.2019
    • Electors (member) 31.03.1995–29.02.2000
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (alternate member) 15.02.2013–11.02.2014, (member) 12.02.2014–21.04.2015, (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Auditors of the Bank of Finland (alternate member) 03.05.2007–31.12.2010
    • Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (member) 20.02.2020–27.06.2023, (Chair) 06.03.2020–27.06.2023
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (member) 18.06.2019–17.04.2020
    • High Court of Impeachment (alternate member) 01.01.2020–10.12.2021
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 05.04.1995–02.03.2000, (vice chair) 27.04.1999–02.03.2000, (member) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Board of the Library of Parliament (alternate member) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (alternate member) 29.06.2015–04.02.2019, (alternate member) 10.09.2019–04.04.2023
    • Forum for International Affairs (Second Deputy Speaker) 02.02.2010–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 05.05.2015–16.04.2019, (First Deputy Speaker) 18.12.2020–28.05.2021
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (chair) 22.03.2007–01.02.2010
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (vice chair) 24.03.1999–13.03.2002
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 21.03.2007–01.02.2010

  • Full name:
    • Filatov, Tarja Katarina
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1963 Hämeenlinna
  • Present place of residence:
    • Hämeenlinna
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate , Työväen akatemia social sciences course 1983, university studies in social sciences  (Tampere University)