Tarja Filatov
Tarja Filatov | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 25 February 2000 – 19 April 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen Anneli Jäätteenmäki Matti Vanhanen |
| Preceded by | Sinikka Mönkäre |
| Succeeded by | Tarja Cronberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1963 Hämeenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tampere |
Tarja Filatov (born 9 August 1963 in Hämeenlinna) is a member of Finnish Parliament, currently serving as the Second Deputy Speaker. She served as Minister of Labour between 2000 and 2007 and as one of the two Deputy Speakers of Parliament on two occasions (February 2010 – April 2011; December 2020 – 2021). As a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), she has represented the Häme constituency since 1995. Previously, she was the vice chairman of the SDP parliamentary group (March 1999 – March 2002) and later its chairman and a member of its Working Committee (both between March 2007 and February 2010).
In 2000 she was appointed Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet (1999–2003), keeping the position in the short-lived Jäätteenmäki Cabinet (2003) and then Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet (2003–2007).