Heikki Autto
Heikki Autto | |
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Lapland | |
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| Born | 23 August 1984 |
| Party | National Coalition Party |
| Spouse | Saara Hannele Autto |
| Children | 4 |
Heikki Samuli Autto (born 23 August 1984 in Enontekiö) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the National Coalition Party at the Lapland constituency.[1] Since 2025 he has chaired the parliament's Defence Committee.[1]
Political career
[edit]Autto was first elected to parliament in the 2011 election from the Lapland constituency with 5,025 votes.[2] He lost his seat in the 2015 election, after which he worked as a contact manager at the University of Lapland.[3] He was re-elected in 2019 with 5,467 votes[4] and again in the 2023 election with 7,185 votes.[5]
Autto chaired the Rovaniemi city council from 2009 to 2025, having become at the age of 24 the youngest city council chairperson in Finland; he was succeeded by Eemeli Kajula of the Social Democratic Party.[6][7] He has chaired the National Coalition Party's party council since 2020.[8]
During his first term (2011–2015), Autto was a member of the Agriculture and Forestry Committee and the Audit Committee.[1] After returning to parliament in 2019, he chaired the Grand Committee, which handles European Union affairs, from 2023 to 2025. In May 2025 the National Coalition Party parliamentary group elected him chair of the Defence Committee, and he was appointed to the Speaker's Council. He is also a member of the Transport and Communications Committee and of Finland's delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.[1]
Honors
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Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (6.12.2023)[9]
Medal of Merit of the Finnish Cadet and Officer Corps Association (2018)[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Heikki Autto – Member of Parliament". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Parliamentary elections 2011: Elected candidates, Lapland constituency" (in Finnish). Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Heikki Autto Lapin yliopiston yhteyspäälliköksi" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Yle - Result service - Lapin vaalipiiri - Parliamentary Elections 2019 - Yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Äänet laskettu, tässä ovat Lapin kansanedustajat ja varakansanedustajat" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Suomen nuorin valtuuston puheenjohtaja Rovaniemelle" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "16 vuotta Rovaniemen valtuustoa johtanut Autto väistyy" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Heikki Autto kokoomuksen puoluevaltuuston puheenjohtajaksi" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "06.12.2023 Itsenäisyyspäivä – Självständighetsdagen 06.12.2023 - Ritarikunnat". ritarikunnat.fi (in Finnish). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Constantem Decorat Honor - Kadettikunta 100 v". Kadettikunta (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.