Johanna Ojala-Niemelä

Current Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament   21.03.2007–

Telephone:

09 432 3157

E-mail:

johanna.ojala-niemela(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Master of Laws with court training, vocational qualification in foreign trade

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Lapland 21.03.2007–

Present memberships in committees:

Speaker's Council (member) 19.04.2023–
Constitutional Law Committee (member) 19.04.2023–
Audit Committee (Chair) 28.06.2023–
Forum for International Affairs (member) 19.04.2023–

  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speaker's Council (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020, (member) 02.06.2021–04.04.2023
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (alternate member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 10.09.2009–29.06.2011, (Chair) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (alternate member) 30.06.2011–17.06.2019, (Chair) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020, (member) 01.06.2021–04.04.2023, (Chair) 02.06.2021–04.04.2023
    • Finance Committee (member) 14.02.2018–17.06.2019
    • Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) 23.02.2018–16.04.2019
    • Communications Subcommittee (member) 23.02.2018–16.04.2019
    • Audit Committee (member) 11.09.2008–09.09.2009, (member) 13.04.2010–29.06.2011, (vice chair) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Administration Committee (alternate member) 03.04.2007–09.09.2009, (alternate member) 03.05.2011–11.02.2014, (member) 12.02.2014–03.09.2014
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 03.04.2007–02.05.2007, (member) 03.05.2007–09.09.2009, (member) 30.06.2011–13.02.2018
    • Transport and Communications Committee (member) 30.06.2011–11.02.2014, (alternate member) 14.02.2018–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Education and Culture Committee (Chair) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Commerce Committee (member) 03.10.2014–08.06.2015, (alternate member) 09.06.2015–08.09.2016, (member) 09.09.2016–16.04.2019
    • Committee for the Future (alternate member) 12.02.2014–08.06.2015
    • Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (alternate member) 10.06.2011–21.04.2015
    • Council to the Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (member) 23.02.2018–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 18.06.2019–04.04.2023
    • Finnish Delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (member) 15.05.2007–19.04.2011, (vice chair) 27.09.2007–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (vice chair) 01.07.2011–21.04.2015, (Finland's representative at the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region) 16.10.2012–21.04.2015, (member) 10.06.2015–16.04.2019, (vice chair) 16.06.2015–16.04.2019
    • Forum for International Affairs (member) 03.05.2011–29.06.2011, (member) 18.06.2019–12.12.2020, (member) 02.06.2021–04.04.2023
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (1st vice chair) 30.09.2014–18.06.2019
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group (2nd vice chair) 22.06.2011–29.09.2014
    • Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (1st vice chair) 06.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 22.06.2011–18.06.2019
    • The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, Working Committee (member) 21.03.2007–02.02.2010

  • Full name:
    • Ojala-Niemelä, Johanna Katriina
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1974 Muonio
  • Present place of residence:
    • Rovaniemi
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1993 (Muonion lukio, general upper secondary school), initial vocational qualification in business, foreign trade 1996 (Rovaniemen kauppaoppilaitos, vocational school), Master of Laws 2000 (Lapland University of Applied Sciences)
  • Career:
    • Parliamentary Assistant to Member of Parliament Johannes Koskinen 2001-2002
    • Parliamentary Secretary of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group 2001-2002
    • Special Adviser to Minister of Justice Koskinen 2003-2005
    • Special Adviser to Minister of Justice Luhtanen 2005-2007
    • Member of Parliament 2007-