A sustainable future is built together
Our task is to bear the responsibility for tomorrow – it should not be left to the children.
I am Mari Holopainen, a member of parliament and city councilor from Helsinki who appreciates the local nature. I am a candidate in the 2023 parliamentary election. It has been a great honor to hold the position of trust as a member of parliament. I have done my utmost every day in fulfilling my election promises. Welcome to follow along!
My election promises are:
- I will work for solving climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
- Finland will invest in education and know-how.
- I want to ensure that in Finland anyone can reach their dreams.
If you want to support my campaign by donating, you can do so on my page in the Greens candidate gallery.
Join the support group on Facebook: Mari Holopainen’s tukiryhmä. As a member of the group, you will be able to read all the latest news and get involved in developing my campaign.
About Mari Holopainen
- 42-year-old from Helsinki, mother of two children aged 12 and 7
- First-term Member of Parliament and fourth-term member of the Helsinki City Council (for The Greens)
- Member of the Commerce Committee and Committee for the Future, and deputy member of the Grand Committee and Budget Committee
- Member of the Parliament’s banking committee
- Chairperson of Tutkas (the association for researchers and members of Parliament), and one of the founders and vice-chairpersons of the Parliament startup group
- Doctoral candidate at Aalto University, previously worked as a visiting researcher at Oxford and Berkeley universities
- Author of publications on various topics such as user-oriented development in services
- Master of Business Administration, studies in Political Science in Economics and Social History
- Curious and persistent
- Lives in Kulosaari and enjoys visual arts, yoga, running, skiing and swimming with the family
Mari’s duties in the Parliament
My story so far
I am one of the many who wanted to move to Helsinki to study and make their dreams come true. As a 19-year-old student, I moved to Meilahti with two friends. There was a sign ”The Club” on the door of our collective housing. I studied French at university while studying for the business school entrance exam. I have always worked alongside my studies. Starting in high school, I mainly worked at a fast-food restaurant. Later I worked as a market analyst in Helsinki and Toronto. I have lived in different parts of Helsinki but for the longest period in Kallio.
14 years ago I stood as a candidate for the municipal council and was elected. People, society and its future have always interested me, but I had not been involved in political youth organizations. In the council and the town planning committee, I defended urban planning, e.g. preservation of forests and preservation of valuable architectural heritage. In addition, I have pushed the issue of developing new, more open decision-making in the municipality.
I started my research work at the Department of Production Economics at the Technical University, now Aalto University. With my firstborn, I got to know the city’s playgrounds, the existence of which I had barely noticed before. Skating rinks, the Stadikka swimming pool and libraries are the city’s gems. The best thing about Helsinki is above all the nature and the sea near the city, for example, Töölönlahti, Central Park, Seurasaari and Mustikkamaa.
Thanks to your solid trust, I was able to start working as a Member of Parliament. I work as a member of the finance committee and the future committee. The mandate period has been extremely interesting and challenging but very rewarding! I have done my utmost to push the issues I believe in.
