Master's in Education. Former school teacher. 2003, first elected to Parliament. 2008, elected SDP Party Leader. 2011, First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament. Since June 2011, Minister of Finance of Finland; Minister deputizing for the Prime Minister; Party Leader, Finnish Social Democratic Party. Former Chair: Finnish UN Association; Assembly of the Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia; Social Democratic Association for Education in Finland; Association of Parents of Children with Cancer. Member, Finnish delegations to the UN General Assembly, the General Conference of UNESCO and to the UN World Summit on the Information Society.