Elina Lepomäki

Elina Maria Lepomäki (born 23 October 1981 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician. A member of the National Coalition Party, she has represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since July 2014.[1]

Elina Lepomäki
Elina Lepomäki in 2008
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Uusimaa
Assumed office
4 July 2014
Personal details
Born (1981-10-23) 23 October 1981
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party
ResidenceEspoo
Alma materHelsinki University of Technology
Helsinki School of Economics
Websitelepomäki.net

Lepomäki holds a master's degree in both technology and financial economics from Helsinki University of Technology and Helsinki School of Economics.[1] She is an owner in several technology start-ups and Chair of the Board in the free-market think tank Libera.[2]

Prior to entering politics in 2014, Lepomäki spent 10 years in investment banking, as Director at Royal Bank of Scotland and as senior analyst at Nordea. She has developed a model for transforming the welfare state into a digital sharing economy, called the Life Account.[3] In 2018, she participated in the Bilderberg Conference in Turin.

In April 2016, Lepomäki announced her candidature for the leadership of the National Coalition Party. In the first round of the leadership election on June 11, 2016, she received 15 percent of the votes and was not elected.[4]

Lepomäki has co-authored several reports on economics and the society such as "The Future of the Euro - The alternatives for Finland" (2014) and "The Life Account - A Social Security Reform" (2013).[3] In 2018, she published her book Vapauden Voitto (“Victory of Freedom”, Otava), on how to reform the Nordic welfare model and the European Union.

Lepomäki has lived with her family in Bonn, Germany as a child and completed the A-levels (Reifeprüfung diploma) at the German School in Helsinki. She is married and has two children.

References
  1. "Elina Lepomäki". Parliament of Finland.
  2. "Mikä Libera?". Libera.
  3. "The Finnish model of welfare for the digital age". Financial Times. 2016-03-17.
  4. "Stubb ja Orpo taistelevat toisella kierroksella – Orpo tarvitsee voittoon vain 11 ääntä". Yle News.
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