Miina Sillanpää
Miina Sillanpää | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Social Affairs | |
| In office 13 December 1926 – 17 December 1927 | |
| President | Lauri Kristian Relander |
| Prime Minister | Väinö Tanner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vilhelmiina Riktig 4 June 1866 Jokioinen, Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 April 1952 (aged 85) Helsinki, Finland |
| Resting place | Near from Jokioinen Church, Jokioinen |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1918–1919, 1933–1940) |
Miina Sillanpää (originally Vilhelmiina Riktig, 4 June 1866 – 3 April 1952) was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926-1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of Sillanpää. She was involved in the preparation of Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act.