Henna Virkkunen

Henna Virkkunen MEP
Virkkunen in 2023
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
Constituency	Finland
Minister of Transport
In office 4 April 2014 – 24 June 2014
Prime Minister	Jyrki Katainen
Preceded by	Merja Kyllönen
Succeeded by	Paula Risikko (Transport and Local Government)
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government
In office 22 June 2011 – 24 June 2014
Prime Minister	Jyrki Katainen
Preceded by	Tapani Tölli
Succeeded by	Paula Risikko (Transport and Local Government)
Minister of Education
In office 19 December 2008 – 22 June 2011
Prime Minister	Matti Vanhanen Mari Kiviniemi
Preceded by	Sari Sarkomaa
Succeeded by	Jukka Gustafsson
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office 16 March 2003 – 1 July 2014
Constituency	Helsinki
Personal details
Born	Henna Maria Virkkunen (1972-06-04) 4 June 1972 (age 52) Joutsa, Finland
Political party	Finnish National Coalition  EU European People's
Alma mater	University of Jyväskylä
Website	www.hennavirkkunen.fi

Henna Maria Virkkunen (born 4 June 1972) is a Finnish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She is a member of the National Coalition Party, part of the European People's Party. She was Minister of Public Administration and Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen from 22 June 2011 to 24 June 2014.^[1]