Antti Kaikkonen

Current Member of Parliament

Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   19.03.2003–

E-mail:

antti.kaikkonen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Member of Parliament, Bachelor of Political Sciences

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Uusimaa 19.03.2003–

Present memberships in committees:

Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Committee for the Future (alternate member) 28.06.2023–
Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (member) 04.09.2024–

Member of the Government:

  • Minister of Defence (Marin) 10.12.2019–04.01.2023
  • Minister of Defence (Marin) 28.02.2023–20.06.2023
  • Minister of Defence (Rinne) 06.06.2019–09.12.2019

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 10.06.2015–06.09.2016
    • Grand Committee (member) 09.09.2004–20.03.2007, (vice chair) 10.09.2004–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 03.05.2007–02.05.2013, (vice chair) 04.05.2007–02.05.2013
    • Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (vice chair) 09.05.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 09.05.2007–19.04.2011, (vice chair) 01.07.2011–02.05.2013, (member) 01.07.2011–02.05.2013
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007, (member) 03.05.2007–18.09.2009, (member) 16.02.2010–10.09.2010, (alternate member) 15.09.2010–19.04.2011, (alternate member) 09.09.2014–21.04.2015, (member) 05.05.2015–13.09.2016, (Chair) 09.06.2015–06.09.2016, (alternate member) 14.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Finance Committee (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 06.03.2009–18.09.2009, (member) 02.05.2019–05.06.2019
    • Agriculture and Forestry Committee (alternate member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015
    • Defence Committee (alternate member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 09.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Education and Culture Committee (member) 05.05.2015–08.06.2015, (member) 02.05.2019–05.06.2019
    • Commerce Committee (vice chair) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 03.05.2013–21.04.2015
    • Intelligence Oversight Committee (member) 22.09.2023–05.09.2024
    • Committee for the Future
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 02.04.2003–08.09.2004
    • Environment Committee (member) 02.04.2003–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 03.05.2007–21.09.2009, (member) 22.09.2009–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (alternate member) 02.04.2003–28.04.2003
    • Finnish Delegation to the Council of Europe (alternate member) 29.04.2003–03.10.2003, (member) 09.09.2004–21.04.2015, (vice chair) 16.02.2006–19.04.2011
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 10.05.2017–17.06.2019
    • Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
    • Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (member) 03.05.2007–03.11.2009, (vice chair) 22.05.2007–03.11.2009
    • Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 17.09.2015–21.09.2016, (vice chair) 22.09.2015–21.09.2016
    • Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (member) 09.05.2003–19.04.2011, (member) 09.05.2003–19.04.2011, (Chair) 30.08.2005–20.03.2007, (Chair) 09.10.2007–17.04.2008
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 21.04.2006–20.03.2007, (member) 09.10.2007–17.04.2008, (member) 10.06.2015–06.09.2016
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Centre Party Parliamentary Group (chair) 21.06.2016–06.06.2019

  • Full name:
    • Kaikkonen, Antti Samuli
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1974 Turku
  • Present place of residence:
    • Sipoo
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1993 (Keravan lukio, general upper secondary school), Bachelor of Political Sciences 2014 (University of Helsinki)
  • Career:
    • substitute teacher positions in comprehensive school and general upper secondary school 1993-1998
    • Assistant at EPPE oy 1996-1997
    • Chair of Finnish Centre Youth 1997-2001
    • Parliamentary Assistant 2001-2002
    • Assistant, Reporter at Eurofacts Oy 2002-2003