Jyrki Katainen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jyrki Katainen
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1971(1971-10-14)
Age	53
Birthplace	Siilinjärvi
Country	Finland
Birth City	Northern Savonia
Horoscope	Libra

Jyrki Katainen Biography

Jyrki Katainen is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 14, 1971 in Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, Finland. Jyrki Tapani Katainen (born 14 October 1971) is a Finnish politician who was the Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness between 2014 and the year 2019. Katainen was the former the prime minister of Finland from 2011 until 2014 and the chairman of Finland’s National Coalition Party from 2004 to 2014. Katainen replaced Alexander Stubb as chairman of Finland’s National Coalition Party. After his resignation as Premier, Katainen was elected as European Commission Vice-President in July 2014.

Jyrki Katainen is the mother of two children: Saara (born in 2005) and Veera (2009). Alongside Finnish Katainen also speaks English, French and Swedish. Katainen is a highly skilled cook.

In the 2007 parliamentary election, Katainen’s National Coalition was placed second. Katainen became the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in the new cabinet with the Center, the National Coalition, Greens, and the Swedish People’s party.

Following the parliamentary election held on 17 April 2011, Katainen was elected Prime Minister by the new parliament and assumed office on 22 June

2011. His centre-right National Coalition Party became the largest party for the first time in the history of Finland. Following government-forming negotiations, Katainen was elected Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament, and his government of six parties (National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party of Finland, Left Alliance (Finland), Green League, Swedish People’s Party of Finland and Christian Democrats (Finland) ) was formally appointed by President Tarja Halonen on 22 June 2011.

Katainen began his political career after a brief period of teaching. He was an elected part of the Siilinjarvi municipal council at the time of his first position in politics in 1993. He was elected a member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of Northern Savonia in 1999, was vice-chairman of this party from 2001 and was elected the party’s chief in 2004.

Jyrki Katainen Net Worth

Jyrki Katainen is one of the richest Politician from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jyrki Katainen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Between 1990 and the year 2000 Katainen served as Vice-President of Katainen’s Youth of the European People’s Party from 1990 to 2000. Youth of the European Peoples Party.

Katainen was born in Siilinjarvi the capital of Finland. The town is in Finland. Siilinjarvi Senior High School in 1990. He received a Master’s Degree in political science at Tampere University. University of Tampere, spending one year at the University of Leicester as an Erasmus exchange student.

Katainen was elected Vice President of the European People’s Party (EPP) for a three-year term in 2006 and won the second election in 2009.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jyrki Katainen Dating?

According to our records, Jyrki Katainen married to Mervi Katainen (m. 2003). As of December 1, 2023, Jyrki Katainen’s is not dating anyone.

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In a 2015 interview, the former prime minister of Finland quickly pointed out that “investment is truly a golden thread that weaves together everything that we do – we need to invest in our people, in our partnerships and in our planet”. This means not only “giving people the skills they need for the 21st century economy”, but also promoting “mobility inside and outside the union, in a way that supports economic growth and social cohesion, protects against external threats and contributes to international development”.

Facts & Trivia

Jyrki Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Jyrki Katainen celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.

According to Katainen’s blog there was hope in the future for Finland’s economy. For example, he highlighted Google’s investment of about 800 million Euros in Hamina, Russian data center Yandex’s investment in Mäntsälä and Microsoft’s plans for investing about 250 million in Finland. But he noted that Finland was still losing more jobs than those that were being created.