Ilmari Nurminen
{{short description|Finnish politician (born 1991)}}
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Ilmari Taisto Nurminen (born 24 February 1991 in Vammala) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party of Finland at the Pirkanmaa constituency.[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1302.aspx Eduskunta profile] He is expected to become the next mayor of Tampere.
In August 2021 Nurminen was nominated as the chair of the Tampere City Council{{Cite web|date=2021-08-12|title=Sanna Marinin paras ystävä kulkee samaa polkua kuin pääministeri – Ilmari Nurminen: ”Kyllä omilla meriiteillä otetaan tehtävä haltuun”|url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008186866.html|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi}} for one election period.
In the 2025 Finnish municipal elections, Nurminen was the Tampere mayoral candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).{{Cite web |date=2024-10-11 |title=Kansanedustaja Ilmari Nurminen pyrkii Tampereen pormestariksi |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20117290 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}} SDP won the election in Tampere; Nurminen is therefore likely the next mayor of the city.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-14 |title=Tällainen on Tampereen uusi valtuusto – SDP rohmusi lisäpaikkoja, perussuomalaisten ryhmä kutistuu alle puoleen |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20155907 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}
Political career
In 2013, Nurminen was elected to the City Executive Board of Sastamala, where he served as the vice chairperson. In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election, he received 5079 votes from the Pirkanmaa electoral district earning him a seat in Parliament. At 24, Nurminen became the youngest member of the new Parliament and the first member in general to be born in the 1990s. He was re-elected in 2019 with 9712 votes and again in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Yle - Tulospalvelu - Pirkanmaan vaalipiiri - Eduskuntavaalit 2019 - Yle.fi |url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/ev2019/fi/regions/7/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=vaalit.yle.fi |language=fi}} In 2020, he officially relocated from Sastamala to Tampere.{{Cite web |last=toimitus |date=2020-05-03 |title=Kansanedustaja Ilmari Nurminen siirtää kirjansa Sastamalasta Tampereelle – “Elämä liian jakautunutta ja pirstaleista” |url=https://alueviesti.fi/2020/05/03/kansanedustaja-ilmari-nurminen-siirtaa-kirjansa-sastamalasta-tampereelle-elama-liian-jakautunutta-ja-pirstaleista/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |language=fi}}
Nurminen is known to especially advocate the rights of the elderly. Nurminen has had a loyal group behind him from the very beginning, mostly consisting of women older than him.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-08 |title=Kansanedustaja Ilmari Nurminen on pääministerin ystävä, ja se tuntuu riittävän medialle – työ sosiaaliasioiden parissa ei nouse otsikoihin |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-12178595 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}} For example, in September 2024, Nurminen raised concerns about the availability and adequacy of care for the elderly.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-19 |title=Eduskunta {{!}} ”Rikotteko te perustuslakia?” – Petteri Orpo joutui vastaamaan koviin syytöksiin |url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000010709048.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}
In Parliament, Nurminen began serving as the chair of the Parliamentary Music Network in 2019.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-13 |title=Eduskunnan musiikkiverkosto herätti ihmetystä Sanna Marinin illanvieton yhteydessä – tällainen on Ilmari Nurmisen johtama ryhmä |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008329425.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}} In April 2021, Nurminen started as the Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary LGBT Network, "sateenkaariverkosto".{{Cite web |last=ry |first=Sateenkaariyhteisöt |date=2021-04-18 |title=Eduskunnan hlbti-verkoston uudeksi nimeksi Eduskunnan sateenkaariverkosto |url=https://ranneliike.net/uutiset/16008/eduskunnan-hlbti-verkoston-uudeksi-nimeksi-eduskunnan-sateenkaariverkosto |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=ranneliike.net |language=fi}} In addition, Nurminen also leads the Parliamentary IKÄ Network.{{Cite web |last=Lehtinen |first=Nina |date=2021-10-14 |title=”Aion jatkaa tätä vuoropuhelua myös tulevaisuudessa”: Näin tamperelaiskansanedustaja Ilmari Nurminen kommentoi Aamulehdelle kohuttua Kesärannan tilaisuutta |url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008332457.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Aamulehti |language=fi}}
Nurminen made headlines in 2021 when he, as chair of the Parliamentary Music Network, organized an event for the music industry alongside prime minister Sanna Marin and the minister of science and culture Antti Kurvinen. The event was held in the official residence of the prime minister in Kesäranta, Helsinki.{{Cite web |title=Kommentti: Haluan nähdä hallituksen ja musiikkialan vakavina ankeassa auditoriossa, en kilistelemässä juhlajuomaa ja yhteislaulamassa Instagramissa |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10001436 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=yle.fi |language=fi}} Later, it was brought to light that the event had generated a ~3000 euro bill for taxpayers. Parliament had intended to cut spending on the industry.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Marinin Kesäranta-hippoja seurasi melkoinen uutispommi – suomalaistähdet tyrmistyivät jättileikkauksista |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008328302.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}
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