Prime Minister Juha Sipilä Political party Finns Party | Nationality Finnish Party Finns Party | |
Preceded by Anna-Maja Henriksson (Justice)
Lauri Ihalainen (Employment) Born 28 June 1965 (age 51)
Kuusankoski, Finland
(now Kouvola) ( 1965-06-28 ) Spouse(s) Outi Lindström (2001-present) Similar Timo Soini, Anne Berner, Jussi Niinistö, Paula Risikko, Hanna Mäntylä |
Jari Tapani Lindström (born 28 June 1965) is a Finnish politician and the current Minister of Justice and also Minister of Labor. He represents the Finns Party and was first elected to the Parliament in 2011 in the former constituency of Kymi. In 2014, Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group. In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat, standing in the newly formed South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Labor in May 2015.
Lindström worked at a paper mill and is also a qualified laboratory technician. He has voiced his support for capital punishment under certain circumstances.
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