Mari Rantanen
Mari Rantanen | |
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Rantanen in 2023 | |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2019 | |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Petteri Orpo |
| Preceded by | Krista Mikkonen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1976 |
| Political party | Finns Party |
Mari Rantanen (born 29 March 1976) is a Finnish politician of the Finns Party currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Helsinki constituency. As a Member of Parliament, she has served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs in 2019-2022. Rantanen was elected Chairman of the Committee on Administrative Affairs in November 2022. Before her political career, Rantanen worked as a nurse and as a police officer.
In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of the Interior in the Orpo Cabinet.
In June 2025, she attemped to become the first vice chairman of the Finns party but lost to Teemu Keskisarja in the vote.