Riikka Purra
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 46 |
Date of birth | June 13,1977 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Pirkkala |
Finland | |
Job | Politician |
Education | University of Turku |
Party | Finns Party |
Children | 2 |
Position | Member of Finnish Parliament since 2019 |
Nationality | Finnish |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1318003 |
Riikka Purra Life story
Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician, currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa constituency. In August 2021 she was elected the new leader of the party, after Jussi Halla-aho.
Far-right Finnish leader Riikka Purra sorry in racist posts uproar
...By Paul KirbyBBC NewsFinland s far-right finance minister, Riikka Purra, has apologised for a string of racist comments she posted 15 years ago that have just come to light...
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... But she lost out in a tight race to the National Coalition Party, headed by Petteri Orpo, and the right-wing populist Finns Party, led by Riikka Purra, in April...
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... The vote was seen as a three-way race and Riikka Purra s right-wing populist The Finns are close behind on 19...
Finland election: Three-way race as Sanna Marin fights for survival
... " Populist party The Finns have tried to move away from the far right since new leader Riikka Purra, 45, took over in 2021...
Finland election: Sanna Marin fights for survival
... But not far behind, the right-wing, populist Finns Party of Riikka Purra are running neck and neck with Ms Marin s centre-left...
Finnish teacher who secretly taught IS children in Syrian camps by text
... When asked about the teaching programme, the opposition party s leader, Riikka Purra, said she wished the government " would be as interested in safeguarding the security of the Finns"...
Far-right Finnish leader Riikka Purra sorry in racist posts uproar
By Paul KirbyBBC News
Finland's Far -right Finance Minister , Riikka Purra , has apologised for a string of racist comments she posted 15 years ago that have just come to light.
Describing the posts as " stupid" She Said she was sorry for the harm and resentment they had caused.
Ms Purra's Finns Party secured high-profile cabinet posts in the new government of conservative Prime Minister Petteri Orpo .
But in only three weeks it has been beset with accusations.
It is not a good look for a government that has barely got to grips with office, and for a Prime Minister who is due to welcome US President Joe Biden to Helsinki on Thursday.
President Sauli Niinisto , who was attending the Nato summit in Lithuania, suggested it would be wise for the new government to " take a clear stance of Zero Tolerance of racism" which was soon forthcoming.
Mr Orpo Made clear on Social Media there was " Zero Tolerance for racism" and each of the government's ministers were committed to working against racism At Home and abroad.
" I'm not a perfect person, I've Made mistakes, " said Ms Purra on Twitter. with Mr Orpo and two other coalition party leaders assuring Finns that the entire cabinet was committed to equality and non-discrimination.
Her anti-immigration, Eurosceptic Finns Party narrowly won second place in April elections, their best-ever result, finishing behind Mr Orpo's National Coalition Party. As well as taking up The Post of Finance Minister she is also Finland's deputy Prime Minister .
But it was a series of racist comments Made on a party colleague's blog in 2008 that have stirred controversy, written under the username " riikka" and uncovered by Finnish media.
One written on 25 September 2008 complained of Young People of immigrant origin on a train: " If they gave me a gun, there'd be bodies on a commuter train, you see. "
She also referred to " Turkish monkeys" And Then Made a racial slur about black street hawkers selling " fake Vuittons" while she attended a conference in Spain: " Greetings from Barcelona, there is no 'alarming immigration problem' to be seen here. "
Initially she did not confirm the comments were hers but did point out that the comments had been written years before she entered politics. Accepting that she had written and said " stupid or absurd" things, she was adamant that " in this position, stage of life and age, I would not write anything like that".
By Tuesday afternoon she had admitted the comments were hers: " I do not accept any kind of violence, racism or discrimination. "
She became leader of the Finns Party, pushing their support to 20. 1% of the electorate, after predecessor Jussi Halla-aho stepped down.
He is now speaker of parliament. It was his own blogging in 2008, including racist remarks about Islam and Somalis, that led to his resignation from a parliamentary committee in 2012.
Riikka Purra 's racist past is The Most serious threat to Finland's young government So Far - though is not the only scandal.
At The End of June, her party colleague Vilhelm Junnila was forced to resign as economy minister for making references to Adolf Hitler at a Far -right event in 2019 and for references to abortions in Africa.
Last week, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen - who is in the same party as Ms Purra - Made clear she did not subscribe to Conspiracy Theories , after media reports alleged she believed Finns were being replaced by other races.
The Orpo-led coalition is Made up of four parties. They have promised Finns they will lower Government Debt and tighten immigration rules on citizenship and residence permits.
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