Oras Tynkkynen

Current Member of Parliament

Green Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   22.07.2004–21.04.2015, 05.04.2023–

Telephone:

09 432 3196

E-mail:

oras.tynkkynen(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Social Sciences, journalist, specialist

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Pirkanmaa 05.04.2023–

Present memberships in committees:

Commerce Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Supervisory Board for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (member) 28.06.2023–

Position in the parliamentary group:

  • Green Parliamentary Group (chair) 26.08.2024–

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Electoral District of Pirkanmaa 22.07.2004 - 21.04.2015
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Legal Affairs Committee (member) 27.01.2013–02.09.2014
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 03.05.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Commerce Committee (alternate member) 09.09.2004–24.09.2004, (member) 28.09.2004–20.03.2007, (member) 21.10.2009–19.04.2011
    • Committee for the Future (vice chair) 03.05.2011–21.04.2015
    • Employment and Equality Committee (member) 09.09.2004–24.09.2004, (alternate member) 28.09.2004–20.03.2007
    • Environment Committee (alternate member) 09.09.2004–05.09.2006, (member) 06.09.2006–20.10.2009, (vice chair) 12.09.2006–20.03.2007, (alternate member) 21.10.2009–19.04.2011, (member) 29.05.2012–05.02.2013
    • Committee for the Future section Sustainable Growth (member) 14.12.2011–06.03.2015
    • Committee for the Future section Black Swans (member) 14.12.2011–06.03.2015
    • Committee for the Future section Crowdsourcing (Chair) 14.12.2011–06.03.2015
    • Committee for the Future section Radical Technologies (member) 14.12.2011–06.03.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (member) 01.06.2005–20.03.2007
  • Earlier parliamentary groups:
    • Green Parliamentary Group 21.07.2004–21.04.2015
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Green Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 17.10.2013–18.08.2014
    • Green Parliamentary Group (chair) 30.05.2013–16.10.2013

  • Full name:
    • Tynkkynen, Topi Oras Kalevi
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1977 Jyväskylä
  • Present place of residence:
    • Tampere
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1997 (Tampereen Rudolf Steiner -school), Bachelor of Social Sciences 2007 (Tampere University), Master of Social Sciences 2009 (Tampere University)
  • Career:
    • Non-military service as a publication editor (Service Centre for Development Cooperation) 1997-1998
    • activist exchange, New Delhi, India (Lokayan non-governmental organisation) 2000-2000
    • Project Secretary (Friends of the Earth Finland) 2001-2001
    • Research Assistant (Tampere University) 2001-2001
    • Climate Communication Coordinator (Luontoliitto) 2002-2002
    • Radio News Editorial Trainee (Yle) 2003-2003
    • Radio News Reporter (Yle) 2004-2004
    • Senior Consultant (Tyrsky-Konsultointi) 2014-2023
    • Senior Adviser (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra) 2014-2023