Tuula Haatainen

{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1960)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tuula Haatainen

| image = Tuula_Haatainen_Feb_2020_(cropped).jpg

| caption = Haatainen in 2020

| office = Minister of Employment

| primeminister = Sanna Marin

| term_start = 10 December 2019

| term_end = 20 June 2023

| predecessor = Timo Harakka

| successor = Arto Satonen

| office2 = Deputy Speaker of the Finnish Parliament

| term_start2 = 7 June 2019

| term_end2 = 10 December 2019

| 1blankname2 = Speaker

| 1namedata2 = Matti Vanhanen

| predecessor2 = Juho Eerola

| successor2 = Antti Rinne

| office3 = Minister of Social Affairs and Health

| primeminister3 = Matti Vanhanen

| term_start3 = 23 September 2005

| term_end3 = 19 April 2007

| predecessor3 = Sinikka Mönkäre

| successor3 = Liisa Hyssälä

| office4 = Minister of Education

| primeminister4 = Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Matti Vanhanen

| term_start4 = 17 April 2003

| term_end4 = 23 September 2005

| predecessor4 = Maija-Liisa Rask

| successor4 = Antti Kalliomäki

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tuusniemi, Northern Savonia, Finland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = Janne Metsämäki

| party = Social Democratic

| website = {{url|tuulahaatainen.fi|Official website}}

}}

Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.{{cite web |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/538.aspx |title= Tuula Haatainen |publisher= Eduskunta|accessdate=9 May 2015}}

In 2007 Haatainen was chosen as the Deputy Mayor of Helsinki and she left the parliament.{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/tuula_haatainen_helsingin_apulaiskaupunginjohtajaksi/5791255 |title= Tuula Haatainen Helsingin apulaiskaupunginjohtajaksi |publisher= Yle |date=10 June 2007 |accessdate=9 May 2015}} She returned to the parliament following the 2015 elections, in which she received 6,662 personal votes.{{cite web |url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html |title= Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri |publisher= Ministry of Justice|accessdate=9 May 2015}}

On 2 September 2017, Haatainen was nominated as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2018 presidential election.{{cite web|url=http://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005350892.html |title=Tuula Haatainen Sdp:n presidenttiehdokkaaksi |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |date=2 September 2017 |accessdate=16 October 2017 |language=Finnish}} In the election, Haatainen placed sixth with 3.3 percent of the votes, while the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö went on to secure his second term with a majority of votes.{{cite web|url=http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/fi/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=Presidentinvaali 2018, 1. vaali: Ehdokkaiden äänet|publisher=Ministry of Justice|date=28 January 2018 |accessdate=29 January 2018 |language=Finnish}}

After the presidential election, on 5 February 2018, Haatainen was elected as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10059012|title=Eduskunta valitsi uudeksi puhemieheksi sote-konkari Paula Risikon – myös protestiääniä jätettiin |publisher=Yle |date=5 February 2018 |accessdate=5 February 2018}} She served in the position until the collapse of Rinne Cabinet in December 2019, after which she joined the subsequent Marin Cabinet as Minister of Employment.{{cite web |title=Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11108950 |publisher=Yle |language= Finnish |accessdate=11 December 2019 |date=9 December 2019}}

She is a trained nurse and has practised in her home region of Northern Savonia, and in Åland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/nyheter/news-2019/article.2019-12-14.8804456712|title = Tuula Haatainen new Finnish Minister of Employment — Nordic Labour Journal}}